Corruption probe Commission imposes Rs 50000 cost on Anil Deshmukh for seeking adjournment
Mumbai Dec 21 PTI An inquiry commission conducting a probe into corruption allegations against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh imposed a cost of Rs 50000 on him on Tuesday for seeking an adjournment into the matter As the matter came up for hearing a junior lawyer from Deshmukhs legal team sought the adjournment saying the senior counsel could not be present before the commission as he was busy with some other matter The commission as a last chance adjourned the matter till 1230 pm on Wednesday It also imposed a cost of Rs 50000 on the NCP leader and directed that it be deposited in the Chief Ministers COVID-19 Relief Fund The commission had earlier this month also imposed a cost of Rs 15000 on Deshmukh for seeking adjournment The Maharashtra government had formed the Justice K U Chandiwal Commission in March this year the conduct a probe into the corruption allegations levelled against Deshmukh by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze is currently deposing before the single-member commission Singh who was transferred from the post of Mumbai police commissioner in March in the aftermath of a bomb scare near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani had alleged that Deshmukh asked police officers to collect Rs 100 crore in a month from bars and restaurants in the city The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI and the Enforcement Directorate ED are also probing the allegations made against Deshmukh by Singh Deshmukh who resigned from the post of state home minister in April this year had been arrested by the ED in connection with a money laundering case He is currently in judicial custody PTI AVI GK GK
Mumbai Dec 21 PTI An inquiry commission conducting a probe into corruption allegations against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh imposed a cost of Rs 50000 on him on Tuesday for seeking an adjournment into the matter As the matter came up for hearing a junior lawyer from Deshmukhs legal team sought the adjournment saying the senior counsel could not be present before the commission as he was busy with some other matter The commission as a last chance adjourned the matter till 1230 pm on Wednesday It also imposed a cost of Rs 50000 on the NCP leader and directed that it be deposited in the Chief Ministers COVID-19 Relief Fund The commission had earlier this month also imposed a cost of Rs 15000 on Deshmukh for seeking adjournment The Maharashtra government had formed the Justice K U Chandiwal Commission in March this year the conduct a probe into the corruption allegations levelled against Deshmukh by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze is currently deposing before the single-member commission Singh who was transferred from the post of Mumbai police commissioner in March in the aftermath of a bomb scare near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani had alleged that Deshmukh asked police officers to collect Rs 100 crore in a month from bars and restaurants in the city The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI and the Enforcement Directorate ED are also probing the allegations made against Deshmukh by Singh Deshmukh who resigned from the post of state home minister in April this year had been arrested by the ED in connection with a money laundering case He is currently in judicial custody PTI AVI GK GK
