CBI registers case against Anil Deshmukh, senior police officers for implicating BJP leaders in false cases

Sep 04, 2024

New Delhi [India], September 4 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered a case against Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh, former Home Minister of Maharashtra and four others including senior police officers for allegedly implicating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in false cases.
The FIR into the matter has been registered against Pravin Pandit Chavan, the then Special Public Prosecutor Maharashtra, Vijay Bhaskarrao Patil, Poornima Gaikwad, the then DCP, Sushma Chavan, ACP, Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh, the then Home Minister of Maharashtra and other unknown public servants and unknown persons.
The copy of the FIR accessed by ANI reads that a preliminary enquiry was registered in CBl. Pen Drives containing audio and video recordings were handed over to the speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra by the then opposition Leader, Devendra Fadnavis which were subsequently handed over to CID for enquiry through the Director General of Police, Maharashtra.
During Preliminary Enquiry, it has prima facie surfaced that Parvin Pandit Chavan, special PP conspired with Vijay Bhaskarrao Patil and Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh alias Anil Deshmukh, the then Home Minister, Maharashtra and got registered zero FIR at Nimbhora Police Station in Jalgaon pertaining to the alleged incident of 2018 which occurred in Pune city to falsely implicate BJP leaders and others to wrest control of the Jalgaon Zila Maratha Vidhya Prasarak Sahakari Samaj Limited (Educational institution). Later on, the Zero FIR was transferred to Pune.
ln furtherance to the criminal conspiracy Parvin Pandit Chavan, Special Public Prosecutor along with Vijay Bhaskarrao Patil and Police officers namely Poornima Gaikwad, the then DCP and Sushma Chavan, ACP of the case fabricated the statements of witnesses/evidence to falsely implicate the BJP leaders and other innocent persons.