MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday said that it would hear on March 30 a petition filed by a city advocate seeking investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation or any other independent agency against Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh for “corrupt malpractices” alleged by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh in a letter to the chief minister. Singh did not approach the Bombay high court on Wednesday.
Mukul Rohatgi, Singh’s counsel in Delhi, said that he was to move the HC on Thursday and if not possible, he would do so soon.
TOI had reported on Wednesday that a city advocate, Jaishri Patil, had filed a petition before the HC to seek direction for an investigation by the CBI or the Enforcement Directorate or any independent agency into “Anil Deshmukh, the home minister, and the role played’’ by Singh. Patil has also sought directions to secure the CCTV footage of the dates mentioned by Singh in his report submitted to the CM.