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Anil Deshmukh resigned yesterday within hours of the Bombay High Court’s order for a probe.
The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and its former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today asked the Supreme Court to cancel a CBI probe ordered against him in connection with allegations of corruption against him. The Bombay High Court had on Monday ordered the probe based on charges leveled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. A CBI team was to reach Mumbai today to initiate a preliminary enquiry.
Mr Singh, in his plea filed on March 25, sought a CBI probe against Mr Deshmukh who, he claimed, had asked police officers, including suspended cop Sachin Waze, to extort Rs 100 crore from bars and restaurants. Mr Waze is under an NIA probe pertaining to the explosives found in a SUV near the mansion of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
Even though the High Court questioned Mr Singh for not filing a case till then, it said a probe by an independent agency was necessary to “instill public confidence and safeguard the Fundamental Rights of the citizens”.
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