mumbai the ed questioned transport minister anil parab for around eight hours on tuesday in a case it is probing against exhome minister anil deshmukhlater parab told the media he was cooperating with the investigation i am answerable to the authority i answered all their questionsthe ed called parab for his statement after dismissed api sachin waze in his statement earlier said he overheard that parab through deputy rto officer bajrang kharmate received rs 20 crore for reversing the controversial transfers of dcps last yeared asked maharashtra minister anil parab if he knew sachin waze on personal levelthe ed questioned state transport minister anil parab for around eight hours on tuesday in a money laundering case it is investigating against former state home minister anil deshmukh it is learnt that ed inquired with parab if he knew sachin waze and rto officer bajrang kharmate on a personal level it is learnt that parab denied knowing them personallyat around 10 am parab started from his bandra home and went to his official bungalow in south mumbai from there he left for the ed office at ballard estate a distance of a couple of km after telling the waiting mediapersons that he would cooperate with the investigation parab reached the ed office at around 11 am and left from there at around 7 pm after briefly addressing mediapersons he avoided making any political statement earlier the ed had recorded kharmates statement in the case to confirm wazes allegation after searching his premises in pune the officials collected details of kharmates firms and properties for examinationin july 2020 the then mumbai police commissioner param bir singh had issued an order for transfers and postings of about 10 dcps at a go about which then home minister anil deshmukh and transport minister anil parab were not happy they got the transfer orders reversedin his statement to the ed waze said after 34 days i came to know that after some adjustment and consideration of money the said order was issued i further state that i came to know about a total sum of rs 40 crore had been collected from police officers listed in the said order and out of which rs 20 crore each was given to deshmukh through sanjeev palande and parab through bajrang kharmateparabs name was not mentioned in the cbi fir that was registered after the preliminary enquiry pe conducted on directions of the bombay high court the court ordered for the pe after a petition filed before it demanded a cbi inquiry on the allegation made by param bir singh where he claimed that deshmukh then home minister had told waze to collect rs 100 crore from bar owners in the city illegally every month for him afterwards the cbi registered a corruption case against deshmukh subsequently the ed registered a money laundering case against deshmukh who is untraceable