Learn to eat jail food first: Court tells Anil Deshmukh
New Delhi, Nov 15: A special court turned out a request made by former Maharashtra Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh for home cooked food in jail. The court said, 'you eat jail food first. If not, then I will consider.'
The
court
however
accepted
his
request
for
a
bed
in
jail
considering
his
medical
condition.
He
will
however
spend
more
time
in
jail
after
his
judicial
custody
was
extended
by
another
14
days.
Deshmukh
was
arrested
by
the
Enforcement
Directorate
under
various
sections
of
the
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering
Act
on
November
1.
Anil Deshmukh to remain in jail for another 14 days
On November 6, he was remanded in judicial custody for 14 ays. The ED's request for an extension of a remand was however rejected.
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh had levelled extortion charges against Deshmukh. He had alleged that Deshmukh was involved in several wrongdoings. He had asked dismissed police officer, Sachin Waze to collect Rs 100 crore from bars in Mumbai, Singh had also alleged.