Anil Deshmukh Claims Devendra Fadnavis Behind Allegations by Sachin Waze and Param Bir Singh

Anil Deshmukh, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar), has accused Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of orchestrating allegations against him through dismissed police inspector Sachin Waze and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Deshmukh stated, “The allegations made against me yesterday by Sachin Waze were also levelled by him and Param Bir Singh three years ago, at the behest of Devendra Fadnavis.” He added that when he was accused three years ago, he requested an investigation, which was conducted by High Court Justice Chandiwal. The report from this inquiry cleared him of any wrongdoing.

Deshmukh alleged that Fadnavis has not made Justice Chandiwal’s report public because it exonerated him. “I urge him to make the 1,400-page report public,” Deshmukh said.

Deshmukh also mentioned that Fadnavis used Sachin Waze to level new allegations against him. Waze, who is accused in a terrorist case and two murder cases, recently claimed to have submitted evidence of alleged bribes taken by Deshmukh to Fadnavis.

Waze, a dismissed Mumbai Assistant Police Inspector, is also accused in a Rs 100 crore extortion case. He is the prime accused in the 2021 Antilia bomb scare and the Mansukh Hiren murder case. Waze was arrested by the NIA in March 2021.

Former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the ED in 2021 in an alleged money laundering case and spent several months in jail. The CBI had registered a corruption case against Deshmukh following allegations that he directed police officials to collect Rs 100 crore per month from bar owners. Deshmukh was later arrested in the case and subsequently secured bail.