

Updated On: 05 April, 2021 02:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Param Bir Singh`s plea alleged that Deshmukh had asked police officers, including suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Waze who has been arrested in the case of bomb scare near industrialist Mukesh Ambani`s residence, to collect Rs 100 crore each month from bars and restaurants.

Former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh with Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to carry out a preliminary probe within 15 days into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh`s allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni has asked the CBI to complete its `preliminary probe` within 15 days on the issues raised by Singh in his `letter-bomb` last month.