The Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s plea seeking private hospitalisation for treatment and surgery. Last week Anil Deshmukh filed a plea before the special PMLA court seeking permission to get admitted to a private hospital for treatment.
Health issues
The NCP leader said in his plea that he had a history of weak shoulder girdle with recurrent painful dislocations along with heart-related ailments. He had a fall in Arthur Road jail and dislocated his shoulder. Anil Deshmukh claimed that he was admitted to JJ hospital regarding ‘various spine and urine-related issues’ and was ‘currently experiencing excruciating pains and medically advised to undergo the necessary surgery.’
“The applicant states that he has been experiencing chest pains, breathlessness, heart problems with abnormal ECG findings, which indicate less blood supply to the heart…and a possibility of heart block episode,” Anil Deshmukh’s plea stated, adding that he also suffered from ‘uncontrolled high blood pressure.’
The plea further stated that ‘the multitude of add-on medications and stress, related to the ongoing high blood pressure are worsening his Ischaemic heart disease and taking a severe toll on his health.’
Why was Anil Deshmukh arrested?
Notably, Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the ED in November 2021 over allegations of money laundering. The case by the ED on the NCP leader was built over an FIR registered by the CBI on April 21, 2021, on allegations of corruption by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Singh, in a letter to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thakeray and others on March 20, 2021, noted that Deshmukh had directed certain Mumbai police officers, including assistant inspector Sachin Vaze, to collect an amount of ₹100 crores from Mumbai’s restaurants and bars monthly.
