Around mid-February and thereafter, the home minister had called Vaze to his official residence. At that time, one or two staff members of the home minister, including his Personal Secretary Sanjeev Palande were also present. The home minister expressed to Vaze that he had a target to collect Rs 100 crore a month from bars, restaurants and other establishments in Mumbai, Param Bir Singh had further alleged.
Later Param Bir Singh had moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe, but the court had asked him to move the Bombay High Court. While the Bombay High Court dismissed Param Bir Singh’s petition, it took into consideration a PIL filed by Advocate Jayshri Patil, which had also sought a CBI probe against Deshmukh. The Bombay High Court had, on April 5, ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the allegations levelled against Deshmukh and to submit a report within 15 days.
The CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry the following day and had started its enquiry. But Deshmukh had denied all the allegations made by Singh and moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court’s order. The state of Maharashtra too had moved the Supreme Court, but Supreme Court did not give any relief to either Deshmukh or the state.
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