"Extremely Disturbed": Anil Deshmukh On Sacked Mumbai Top Cop Letter

"I am extremely disturbed by the slander in various forms of media aimed at maligning my and my department's image," Anil Deshmukh said in a video message.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said he is "extremely disturbed" by the campaign of slander against him and wanted to set the record straight about his hospitalisation last month. Mr Deshmukh is under fire after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh alleged that the minister had summoned police officer Sachin Vaze around mid-February and asked him to help with "collection" of money from hotels and bars in Mumbai. The minister, who has denied the allegations, met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday evening. "I am extremely disturbed by the slander in various forms of media aimed at maligning my and my department's image," Anil Deshmukh said in a video message.