Second CBI team arrives in Mumbai to probe charges of corruption against Anil Deshmukh
India Today
Two teams of the CBI are in Mumbai to probe allegations of corruption levelled against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh by ex-Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh.
A second team of the CBI arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday to probe allegations of corruption against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. This comes a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation initiated an inquiry into the matter. Nearly half a dozen officers from CBI led by a Superintendent of Police (SP) rank officer will be recording statements in connection with the case, sources told India Today. In a letter to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh had accused Anil Deshmukh of corruption.
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