Maharashtra Home Minister's Video As Flight Ticket Contradicts 'Alibi'

Tuesday, 23 March 2021Newsdesk

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, fending off allegations that he had discussed a Rs. 100-crore extortion racket with a controversial police officer at his home last month, has tweeted a video defending himself after the alibi put forth by his party chief Sharad Pawar yesterday raised questions.

New Delhi, 23 March 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Anil Deshmukh is facing calls for his removal after sacked Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh, in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, alleged that the minister had drafted many policemen into the job of collecting Rs. 100 crore a month and these included Sachin Waze, the officer arrested in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case. The letter accused Anil Deshmukh of meeting with Sachin Waze at his home around mid-February.

Source -NDTV