Param Bir Singh letter: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned two individual assistants of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to record their statement as component of probe into allegations by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, news agency ANI reported. The CBI is investigating the charges against Deshmukh by Param Bir Singh. The former top rated cop has alleged that Deshmukh had instructed now suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze to ‘extort’ Rs one hundred crore from 1750 restaurants and bars operating in Mumbai.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned two individual assistants of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to record their statement
CBI is investigating the allegations of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh against Anil Deshmukh pic.twitter.com/FkKZ8pCfWE
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2021
This explosive claim came just days immediately after he was shunted out as Mumbai Police Commissioner. In a detailed letter to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Param Bir Singh shared the specifics of a meeting among Sachin Vaze and Anil Deshmukh. He said Deshmukh’s assistant was also present when the meeting among the former property minister and Sachin Vaze had taken location. In the letter, Param Bir Singh mentioned that Sachin Vaze was known as by Anil Deshmukh to his official residence Dyaneshwar quite a few occasions in the final handful of months and repeatedly instructed to help in collection of funds for the Maharashtra Home Minister.
In and about mid-February and thereafter, he mentioned, Deshmukh had known as Vaze to his official residence. “At that time, one or two staff members of the Hon’ble Home Minister including his Personal Secretary, Mr. Palande, were also present. The Hon’ble Home Minister expressed to Shri Vaze that he had a target to accumulate Rs. 100 crores a month,” Param Bir Singh mentioned.
“For achieving the aforesaid target, the Hon’ble Home Minister told Shri Vaze that there are about 1,750 bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai and if a sum of Rs. 2-3 lakhs each was collected from each of them, a monthly collection of Rs. 40-50 crores was achievable. The Hon’ble Home Minister added that the rest of the collection could be made from other sources,” the former top rated cop mentioned.
Last week, the Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Anil Deshmukh by Param Bir Singh. The Maharashtra government and Deshmukh moved the Supreme Court difficult the HC’s order, but got no breather. The top rated court mentioned that the charges have been significant hence an independent probe was required.