THE CBI questioned former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and suspended police officer Sachin Waze on Thursday in connection with its preliminary inquiry into allegations of corruption against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, officials said. The CBI has recorded the statements of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, suspended API Sachin Waze and two others in this case.

 

The CBI on Thursday approached a special NIA court here seeking access to papers of the case related to bomb scare at Mukesh Ambani’s house. The special court kept the matter for hearing on Friday. Going full throttle on its inquiry in view of the deadline given by the Bombay High Court, the CBI also questioned Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sanjay Patil, they said. Singh had reportedly written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that Deshmukh had called Patil to his residence, where his personal staff asked the police officer to target bars and restaurants in the millennium city to collect about Rs 50 crore, the officials said.

 

The officers also met Mumbai-based lawyer Jayshree Patil, on whose petition the High Court had ordered the preliminary inquiry by the CBI. The agency started its preliminary inquiry into allegations of bribery against Deshmukh on Tuesday on the orders of the High Court. It sent a team of officers from Delhi to Mumbai to carry out the probe. The CBI had taken permission from a special court to question Waze.