Maharashtra: Anil Deshmukh appears before CBI, to be quizzed over corruption allegations
Former Maharashtra dwelling minister Anil Deshmukh appeared before the CBI on Wednesday for questioning in reference to the allegations of corruption levelled in opposition to him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, an official stated.
Deshmukh reached the DRDO visitor home, the place a staff of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is tenting to, in suburban Santacruz round 10 am, he stated.
The CBI on Monday issued a discover calling Deshmukh to be part of the company’s probe into the allegations levelled in opposition to him by Param Bir Singh and suspended police officer Sachin Waze, the official stated.
Waze, an assistant police inspector, is below investigation within the case of an explosive-laden SUV discovered close to industrialist Mukesh Ambani”s residence in south Mumbai.
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The CBI is conducting a preliminary enquiry into the allegations in opposition to Deshmukh levelled by Singh after he was faraway from the submit of Mumbai police commissioner.
The allegations had been reportedly corroborated by Waze within the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is conducting a probe into the SUV case, officers earlier stated.
The Bombay High Court final week directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the allegations levelled by Singh in opposition to Deshmukh.
In a letter, Singh had claimed that Deshmukh requested Waze to allegedly extort over Rs 100 crore a month from bars and eating places in Mumbai. Deshmukh has denied the allegations.
So far, the CBI has recorded statements of Param Bir Singh, Sachin Waze, Deputy Commissioner of Police Raju Bhujbal, Assistant Commissioner of Police Sanjay Patil, advocate Jayshree Patil and lodge proprietor Mahesh Shetty.
It additionally questioned Deshmukh”s private assistant Kundan Shinde and private secretary Sanjeev Palande on Sunday.Â
(With PTI inputs)
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