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Mumbai News Today Live Updates: Bombay HC seeks ED’s response to Anil Deshmukh’s plea seeking quashing of summons against him – The Indian Express



The ED has issued at least five summons to Anil Deshmukh, asking him to appear before it. (File Photo)

Mumbai News Today Live Updates: The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to respond to a plea by former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh seeking quashing of summons issued by the central agency asking him to appear before it in connection with a money laundering and corruption case.

Mumbai Wednesday reported 488 fresh Covid-19 cases and four fatalities, taking the infection tally to 7,39,364 and the fatality count to 16,063. As compared to Tuesday, the city recorded 136 more cases, while the number of fatalities rose by three. There are 4,706 active Covid-19 cases at present and 359 patients recovered from the infection during the day.

Meanwhile, at a time when the state is facing shortage of staff, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took a stern note of various departments not sending requisition letters to Maharashtra Public Service Commission for hiring more staff. In the cabinet meeting, Thackeray took a stern view on how some departments had not sent indents and asked them to send them by September 30.

In other news, the BMC has spent Rs 9 crore on private security guards deployed at railway stations, airports and Covid-19 care centres for screening of passengers for Covid-19. The proposal was approved by the Standing Committee on Wednesday.

Mumbai News LIVE updates: 488 new Covid-19 cases, four deaths on Wednesday; BMC spends Rs 9 cr on guards for Covid screening; Fraudster poses as friend from US on WhatsApp to dupe man of Rs 10 lakh; Follow this space for the latest updates on Mumbai

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-today-live-updates-bmc-covid-19-weather-traffic-rains-7528544/