CBI quizzes ex-Mah Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for 8 hours
   Date :15-Apr-2021

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MUMBAI :
 
It is not clear whether Deshmukh was called by the CBI for another round of questioning today
 
 
FORMER Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was on Wednesday questioned for eight hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducting the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) on orders of the Bombay High Court in connection with the allegations of corruption raised against him by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh, an official said. Deshmukh denied the allegations raised against him by Singh during questioning and told the officers that they were an attempt to malign the image of the State Government, sources said.
 
The senior NCP leader reached the DRDO guest house in suburban Santacruz, where a team of the CBI is camping, around 10 am, the official said, adding the questioning ended for the day around 6 pm. “The ex-Home Minister was questioned by SP-rank officers for eight hours,” he said. Deshmukh left the DRDO guest house around 9 pm, three hours after his questioning ended. It is not clear whether Deshmukh is called by the CBI for another round of questioning on Thursday. The CBI on Monday issued a notice calling Deshmukh to join the agency’s probe into the allegations levelled against him by Singh and suspended police officer Sachin Waze.