mumbaithe enforcement directorate has alleged that rinku deshpande 44 acted as a fake confirming party in the redevelopment deal brokered between the late drug smuggler iqbal mirchi and sunblink real estate for three worli buildings laundered money and received rs 304 core in her account this amount was allegedly distributed among the brokers including rinku deshpande the ed said in its plea seeking her remandon wednesday the special prevention of money laundering act pmla court sent rinku to ed custody until friday she was arrested on tuesdaythe ed suspects that rinku who is involved in textile and real estate businesses had commercial interests in the worli buildings seeking her custody the ed also said there appeared to be a deeper conspiracy which rinku has not yet revealed she has played a crucial role in the deal of the three properties and acted on behalf of iqbal mirchi the ed saidin a plea submitted through ed special counsels hiten venegaonkar and sunil gonsalves the investigating agency alleged that to cover up the transaction rinku has stated that she had given a loan of rs 38 crore in cash to coaccused ranjit bindra and accepted the money rs 304 crore as repayment of the loan amountthe ed said she has assisted iqbal mirchi in acquisition and laundering proceeds of crime received by him from sunblink real estate the agency also claimed that she had contacts with mirchi and his relativesthe remand plea further stated that rinku and her husband nilesh appointed a lawyer to inquire about the mou between joy home creation and sunblink real estate she also told the ed officials that she was negotiating with jayant soni of joy home creation for acquiring some of the tenancy rights in mirchis building however soni in his statement to ed has denied any acquaintance with herit has been alleged that mirchi first entered into an agreement with joy home creation and sold the tenancy rights of the three buildings to them for rs 11 crore but when land prices appreciated mirchi threatened joy home to scrap the deal and decided to sell the tenancy rights to sunblink real estate in 2010 for rs 225 crore there was a tripartite agreement between mirchis representative arrested accused humayun merchant joy home and sunblinkaccording to the new agreement sunblink was supposed to pay rs 50 to joy home rs 425 crore to the trust and rs 17075 crore to humayun it is alleged that humayun held power of attorney on mirchis worli properties and bindra had negotiated on behalf of the sunblinkrinku also allegedly helped opening bank accounts in chennai in which part of the rs170 crore was deposited and withdrawn after which those accounts became inactive