Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Maharashtra Former Home Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh in connection with the Rs 100 crore extortion case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2021, which stated that he had misused his position as state home minister and collected Rs 4.70 crore from various bars in Mumbai through some police officers.
As soon as the Bombay High Court granted bail to Anil Deshmukh, NCP workers on Monday reached outside his residence in Mumbai to celebrate his release from jail after 13 months.
#WATCH | NCP workers celebrate outside the residence of Maharashtra Former Home Minister #AnilDeshmukh after Bombay High Court granted him bail in Rs 100 cr extortion case. pic.twitter.com/WleKzrWYde
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