The former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh has accused Deshmukh of involvement in corruption related to the transfer and posting of police officers.
The Bombay High Court said on Tuesday that it would hear the public interest litigation of former Mumbai Police chief Parambir Singh on Wednesday. The petition has requested a CBI inquiry against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Singh has alleged that Deshmukh had asked police officer Sachin Vaze to collect Rs 100 crore from bars and restaurants.
The former Mumbai Police Commissioner has accused Deshmukh of involvement in corruption related to the transfer and posting of police officers. Senior advocate Vikram Nankani, appearing for Singh on Tuesday, referred to the petition before the bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and GS Kulkarni and requested for immediate hearing on it.
Justice Dutta asked Nankani what was requested in the petition and whether it was eligible for hearing. Nankani said that the petition has primarily requested for a CBI inquiry into the serious allegations leveled against a minister of the state by a senior IPS officer. Nankani said that he would satisfy the court with his pleas regarding the petition being hearable. The court then adjourned the case till Wednesday.
Singh, an IPS officer, had initially filed a petition in the Supreme Court stating the matter as serious but the top court said that he should first go to the High Court. Singh requested the High Court to direct the CBI to secure CCTV footage from Deshmukh’s residence earlier this year before it was destroyed.
IPS Shukla’s allegation mentioned
Along with this, it has been requested in the petition that it should also direct the state government to record all the communications from IPS officer Rashmi Shukla from March 2020 on record. The petition alleged that Shukla had alleged misconduct in the deployment and transfer of policemen against Deshmukh in February last year.
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