"Cheap Publicity": Court To Lawyer On Plea Against Maharashtra Minister

On Tuesday, Jaishri Patil told the High Court that she had also filed a complaint at a local police station regarding the entire episode.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday took a dim view of a petition filed by a lawyer seeking a CBI probe against Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh and former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh, saying such pleas were often filed for "cheap publicity". A bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a plea filed by Jaishri Patil, urging the HC to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or any other independent agency to probe into the allegations of corruption against Anil Deshmukh. In her plea filed last week, Jaishri Patil said Anil Deshmukh and Param Bir Singh acted in breach of their professional duties during the entire episode of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai, the death of the vehicle's owner Mansukh Hiran, the arrest of Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze and related events. Anil Deshmukh has denied the allegations against him. On Tuesday, Jaishri Patil told the High Court that she had also filed a complaint at a local police station regarding the entire episode.