Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said he has written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, asking him to inquire into the ...
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said he has written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, asking him to inquire into the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh.
“I had asked the chief minister to inquire into the allegations made against me by Param Bir Singh to bring out the truth,” he tweeted along with a copy of the letter. “If the chief minister orders an inquiry, I will welcome it.”
परमबीर सिंह द्वारा मुझपर लगाए गए आरापों की जांच करवाकर "दूध का दूध, पानी का पानी" करने कि मांग मैंने माननीय मुख्यमंत्री महोदय से करी थी। अगर वे जांच के आदेश देते हैं तो मै उसका स्वागत करूंगा।#SatyamevaJayete
— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) March 24, 2021
Singh had moved the Supreme Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the corruption allegations. The court, however, directed the former Mumbai police chief to approach the Bombay High Court first.
On March 20, Singh had accused Deshmukh of extorting money from bars, restaurants and hookah parlours in the city. In a letter to Thackeray, the former police chief wrote that suspended Crime Branch officer Sachin Vaze told him that the minister had asked him to collect Rs 100 crore every month through illegal channels.
Singh had also accused...
