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The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and Home Department are trying to ascertain whether the letter is real or a fake. They are also trying to reach to Singh but officers from both the CMO and Home Department told Free Press Journal ‘’Singh is not reachable.’’ The CMO also clarified that so far no meeting has been called by the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Singh in a letter claims that Sachin Vaze who was heading the Crime Intelligence Unit of the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police was called by Shri Anil Deshmukh, Hon’ble Home Minister, Maharashtra to his official residence Dyaneshwari several times in last few months and repeatedly instructed to assist in collection of funds for the Hon’ble Home Minister.
He further notes: “In and around mid-February and thereafter, the Hon’ble Home Minister had called Shri 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 crore a month.”
Hours after Singh’s explosive letter was surfaced, Deshmukh denied all charges and tweeted: “The former Commissioner of Police, Parambir Singh has made false allegations in order to save himself as the involvement of Sachin Waze in Mukesh Ambani & Mansukh Hiren’s case is becoming clearer from the investigation carried out so far & threads are leading to Mr Singh as well.’’
Singh further says: “For achieving the Rs 100 crore target, the Hon 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 crore was achievable. The Hon Home Minister added that the rest of the collection could be made from other sources.’’ ‘’Shri Vaze came to my office the same day and informed me of the above. I was shocked with the above discussions and was mulling over how to deal with the situation,’’ he states in the letter.
According to Singh, a few days later Shri Sanjay Patil, ACP, Social Service Branch, was called by Deshmukh at his official residence to hold discussions about the hookah parlours in Mumbai. The meeting was attended by other officers and Deshmukh’s Personal Secretary Sanjay Palande. Two days later, Shri Patil along with DCP Bhujbal were called and Palande informed them Deshmukh was targeting a collection of Rs 40-50 crore which was possible through an approximate 1750 bars, restaurants and establishments operating in Mumbai. ‘’I was informed by ACP Patil about the demand to make collections for the Hon Home Minister,’’ Singh says.
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