Former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh at the ED’s office. (Express File Photo)
Mumbai Live News: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, who was arrested by the ED in relation with a money laundering case, has reached a special PMLA court. Earlier in the day, the central agency took him for a medical examination. Deshmukh was sent to their custody till November 6. The ED will seek extended custody of the former Maharashtra minister.
Meanwhile, ten patients, who were undergoing treatment for Covid-19, have died after a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a district hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar on Saturday.
Maharashtra, on Friday, recorded 802 fresh Covid-19 cases, a dip from the 1,141 infections it had registered a day before. With 17 more fatalities, the state’s death toll stands at 1,40,362. Of the fresh cases, 238 were recorded in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Bureau has transferred six cases, including the alleged Cordelia drug bust case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested, from its Mumbai Zonal Unit director Sameer Wankhede to a Special Investigation Team comprising officers from the operations branch at the NCB headquarters in New Delhi.
In other news, the Air Quality Index of Mumbai has dipped to the “poor” category. It has been so since early this week with the AQI ranging between 201 and 300.
Mumbai News Live Updates: Maharashtra currently has 14,959 active cases of which 3,326 are in Mumbai; Sameer Wankhede to no longer lead probe against Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case; Follow this space for latest updates:
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-updates-covid-19-traffic-weather-ncb-air-quality-7609051/
