India, Feb. 8 -- Days after refusing to discharge former Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze, a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Saturday rejected three more discharge pleas in the money-laundering case linked to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. The court held that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed enough material on record to proceed to trial.

Special judge Mahesh K Jadhav dismissed the applications filed by chartered accountants Vishal Khatwani and Vinod Hasani, as well as Premier Port Links Pvt Ltd, a company allegedly controlled by Deshmukh's family.

Khatwani had argued that he was only rendering routine professional services such as audits and compliance filings. Rejecting ...