Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh at DRDO guest house for questioning by CBI

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh reached DRDO guest house in Santacruz on Wednesday. He will be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over corruption allegations by Mumbai's former police commissioner Param Bir Singh.

For the first time, CBI summoned Deshmukh for questioning after it registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) on April 6 into allegations of corruption and misuse of office on the orders of the Bombay High Court.

The CBI had also recorded the statements of his two PAs, Palande and Kundan. So far, the agency has recorded statements of more than 12 people in the case.

Deshmukh had stepped down from his post after the Bombay HC ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the charges levelled against him by Param Bir Singh.

The CBI has also recorded the statement of Param Bir Singh, who dropped a letter bomb on March 20, accusing Deshmukh of asking suspended and arrested Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze and other Mumbai Police personnel to extort Rs 100 crore monthly from bars, hotels and restaurants.

The CBI has also recorded the statement of petitioner Jayshri Patil and DCP Raju Bhujbal.

(With inputs from agency)