Updated Apr 12, 2021 | 18:41 IST
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had accused ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh of directing Sachin Waze to collect Rs 100 crore from restaurants and hotels in Mumbai every month. Param Bir Singh (L), Anil Deshmukh (R)
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will quiz former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on April 14 over the extortion and misconduct allegations against him by ex-Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
The top cop had alleged that the former home minister had set a target of collection of Rs 100 crore for suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze from hotels and restaurants in Mumbai ever month.
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Mumbai: Mumbai Assistant Police Inspector Riyazuddin Qazi has been suspended by the Mumbai Police after he was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA), in the Antilia bomb scare conspiracy, yesterday. Qazi was a subordinate of suspended Mumbai cop Sachin Waze.
The NIA sources said that Qazi has been charged for destroying evidence. He was produced before a court, where the NIA demanded his custody.
In a CCTV footage, earlier accessed by Times Now, Qazi was seen entering a garage in Vikhroli area and asking for the DVR (digital video recorder) of the garage where the number plates were prepared. The DVR was destroyed by Sachin Waze.
The CBI has called former Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh for questioning on Wednesday (April 14) in connection with corruption allegations against him. Deshmukh had on April 5 resigned from the post after the Bombay High Court directed the central probe agency to conduct preliminary investi
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