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Anil Jaisinghani is currently in police custody after the court denied his request for bail. The Law Enforcement Directorate has arrested suspected bookmaker Anil Jaisinghani in a money laundering case related to a "betting fraud" being investigated by the Indian Premier League (IPL), officials said on Saturday. Jaisinghani and her daughter Aniksha were recently arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly organizing a conspiracy to bribe and blackmail the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Amruta Fadnavis, and using private messages purported to be hers to extort money from her. when he refused to save Jaisinghani (Anil) from various FIRs filed against him.
ED's office in Ahmedabad took charge of him on Friday by approaching a Mumbai court with a production order and requesting his custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED acted on the basis of a past non-releasable open order issued against Jaisinghani by an Ahmedabad court which had been issued in connection with the 2015 money laundering case involving alleged betting on IPL matches under investigation by the federal agency. .
The agency is expected to record Jaisinghani's statement in the event she was awarded custody on Friday.
Jaisinghani was also recently arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police in an alleged smuggling case.
The father-daughter pair allegedly hatched a plot in which Aniksha developed a friendly relationship with Amruta Fadnavis and later asked her to "rescue her father from the various criminal cases pending against him, as the complainant's husband (Amruta Fadnavis) is a public official". ." Aniksha attempted to offer a bribe of Rs 1 crore to Amruta Fadnavis.
On February 20, the Malabar Hill Police Station in South Mumbai registered an FIR against Anil Jaisinghani and Aniksha for allegedly threatening to release certain audio and video clips that allegedly showed Amruta Fadnavis accepting favors from Aniksha.
Aniksha, who was arrested on March 17, was released on bail in the case on March 27 by the court.
Anil Jaisinghani, who was arrested by the Mumbai Police in Gujarat, is currently in custody after the court denied his bail application.
