Controversies surrounding both Singh and Wankhede emerged in the same year, 2021, and grabbed headlines as they involved not only these two high-ranking officials but also powerful politicians and well-known personalities. Here's a look-back.
Deshmukh eventually resigned as the home minister due to this and face cases by both the CBI and ED leading to his eventual incarceration for over a year.
A sessions court that denied bail to decorated police inspectors Nandkumar Gopale and Asha Korke in an extortion case in which former city police chief Param Bir Singh is their co-accused, has said in its detailed order that being police officers they were expected to protect people, but material reveals that were involved in collecting extortion money by taking undue advantage of their post.