Updated Apr 14, 2021 | 06:02 IST
The summons was sent to Anil Deshmukh on Monday morning, just a day after his two personal assistants Sanjeev Palande and Kundan were grilled by the agency in Mumbai. Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh | Photo Credit: ANI
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Deshmukh has already been quizzed by the CBI multiple times
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for questioning on Wednesday in connection with the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and suspended officer Sachin Waze.
The summons was sent to Deshmukh on Monday morning, just a day after his two personal assistants Sanjeev Palande and Kundan were grilled by the agency in Mumbai.
Maharashtra s Former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Questioned By CBI Over Alleged Extortion Maharashtra s Former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Questioned By CBI Over Alleged Extortion Anil Deshmukh reached the DRDO guest house in Mumbai s Santacruz, where a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is staying. He reached around 10 am, an official said.
Updated: April 14, 2021 12:16 pm IST
Anil Deshmukh is accused of asking Sachin Waze to allegedly extort Rs 100 crore a month from Mumbai bars
Mumbai:
Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh appeared before probe agency CBI today for questioning in connection with the allegations of corruption against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, an official said.
Ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has asked former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh to appear before it on April 14 (Wednesday).
The CBI team, sources indicated, on Monday quizzed Mumbai police’s ACP Sanjay Patil on some technical details regarding WhatsApp chats which it has collected during the investigation, sources said.
In his complaint, Singh has mentioned WhatsApp chats with Patil who purportedly referred to Deshmukh’s insistence that Mumbai cops raise Rs 100 crore a month for him by extorting money from bars and restaurants in Mumbai.
Deshmukh will be questioned not only about the contents of Singh’s complaint but will also be confronted with claims made by arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Waze. His statement will be taken on record and annexed with the report which the CBI has to present before the Bombay high court next week.
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Synopsis State home minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP is the second minister in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to resign in the wake of a controversy. Earlier, in February, forest minister Sanjay Rathod of Shiv Sena, who is facing allegations over death of 22-year-old woman by suicide in Pune, had tendered his resignation a day before the state budget session commenced.
Anil Deshmukh
MUMBAI: State home minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP is the second minister in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to resign in the wake of a controversy. Earlier, in February, forest minister Sanjay Rathod of Shiv Sena, who is facing allegations over death of 22-year-old woman by suicide in Pune, had tendered his resignation a day before the state budget session commenced.
Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday resigned from the post after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI probe into corruption charges levelled against him.