MUMBAI: Anil Deshmukh said he had no complaints against ED of harassment in lock-up when asked by PMLA court judge H S Satbhai.
But standing in the witness box, he submitted a handwritten application for retraction of his statement recorded during ED custody. His plea said he is 72 and suffers from ischemic heart disease and various ailments. He listed ailments, including insomnia and mild COPD on exertion. He said, “Ever since my unlawful... arrest... I have been grilled for hourstogether without any concrete or purposeful questions.”
He added, “Repeated similar questions have been put to me with malafide intent to obtain different answers. Every attempt has been made to confuse and impair my thinking process, knowing... my body may not be able to take 9-10 hours of constant stress every day.” “I never evaded any answer and always rendered full cooperation,” he said, stating he however now retracts answers that may have been taken in a “malafide manner from me by creating stress, confusion and mental obfuscation owing to my physical distress.”
