A special court under Prevention of Money Laundering Act court here on Tuesday remanded two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in judicial custody till July 20 in a money laundering case against the politician, related to charges of bribery of Rs 100 crore. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde on June 26. The duo was produced before special judge SM Bhosle at the end of their ED remand on Tuesday.

As per an ED probe, 11 companies were directly controlled by family members of Mr. Deshmukh and 13 more companies came to light, in the names of close associates of the former Minister’s family.   An analysis of bank account statements revealed that money was transferred between companies directly and indirectly controlled by the family members of Mr. Deshmukh. Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate had told court that the two accused played a "very crucial" role in the offence.

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