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Anil Deshmukh corruption case: CBI summons former Maharashtra Home Minister on April 14 over allegations made by Param Bir Singh
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on April 14 for questioning in connection with corruption allegations made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
CBI has summoned former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for questioning regarding corruption allegations enquiry.@fpjindia Somen Sharma (@s somen) April 12, 2021
The CBI on Sunday had questioned two personal staffers ofDeshmukh in connection with the allegations of corruption levelled against him by Singh, officials said.
Deshmukh s personal assistant Kundan Shinde and personal secretary Sanjeev Palande were asked to appear before the CBI team in connection with its ongoing preliminary enquiry (PE) into the case following directives of the Bombay High Court, they said.
The CBI is investigating the allegations of extortion made by Singh against Deshmukh. On Friday, the agency had recorded the statement of Mahesh Shetty, a bar owner who is close to suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze, in the same matter. The Supreme Court, on Thursday, had dismissed the petitions filed by Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court order directing a preliminary enquiry by the CBI into the allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled against him by Singh. Deshmukh tendered his resignation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on April 5 after the Bombay High Court order. The court also directed the agency to register an FIR if any cognisable offence is found.
The CBI on Sunday questioned two personal staffers of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with the allegations of corruption levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, officials said. Deshmukh s personal assistant Kundan Shinde and personal secretary Sanjeev Palande were asked to appear before the CBI team in connection with its ongoing preliminary enquiry (PE) into the case following directives of the Bombay High Court, they said. Both of them were being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at the DRDO guest house in suburban Santacruz, the officials said. Singh had in a letter alleged that Palande was present when Deshmukh allegedly asked suspended cop Sachin Waze to allegedly extort over Rs 100 crore a month from bars and restaurants of Mumbai, they said.
Updated Apr 11, 2021 | 12:01 IST
NCP leader Anil Deshmukh, who has rejected the allegations levelled against him, resigned from the cabinet on April 5 after the Bombay High Court order. Anil Deshmukh
Mumbai: In the latest development in the extortion case involving former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday called two of his personal assistants for questioning in connection with allegations of corruption levelled against him by ex-Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
The two PAs - Sanjeev Palande and Kundan - are being interrogated by the central probe agency in connection with the preliminary enquiry registered by the agency on the directives of the Bombay High Court. All of this remains in the domain of allegations, so the CBI is trying to look at it from all angles before arriving at a conclusion in the case,