Maharashtra home minister denies ex-CP's extortion claims

In Maharashtra, the outgoing CP, Mumbai and the home ninister have levelled serious charges against each othet. This all started on Saturday when Parambir Singh, ex-CP, Mumbal, has hit back at Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in an explosive letter, accusing the Congress leader of corruption and interference in police work. In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray titled "untruthful statements by the Hon'ble Home Minister, Maharashtra", Singh said Deshmukh had appointed several of his officers - including Sachin Waze who has been arrested in the Mukesh Ambani case - for running an extortion racket.He said the Home Minister had asked several of his officers to collect money from restaurants, pubs, bars and hookah parlours, setting them a target of collecting Rs 100 crore every month. Singh marked a copy of the letter to Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Union home ministry. Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a tweet rubbished the allegations of extortion made by Param Bir Singh,

The former Commissioner of Police, Parambir Singh has made false allegations in order to save himself as the involvement of Sachin Waze in Mukesh Ambani & Mansukh Hiren’s case is becoming clearer from the investigation carried out so far & threads are leading to Mr. Singh as well

— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) March 20, 2021

Meanwhile, the Opposition BJP has been demanding Anil Deshmukh's resignation and has said he can't escape responsibility for all that has happened.Sachin Vaze was the investigating officer in the Antilia bomb scare case and reported directly to Param Bir Singh. Singh was transferred to Home Guard and Hemant Nagrale was appointed the new Mumbai police chief