Maharashtra Government Gave Documents For Probe Against Anil Deshmukh: CBI To Court

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told a division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar that the documents have been provided as assured by the state government.

The Maharashtra government has handed over to the CBI the documents pertaining to a report submitted by senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla on alleged corruption in police transfers and postings for its probe against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh, the central probe agency on Thursday told the Bombay High Court. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told a division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar that the documents have been provided as assured by the state government. Mr Singh said the central agency would go through the documents and check if the court orders have been complied with. The court was hearing an application filed by the CBI, claiming that the government was not cooperating by refusing to hand over certain documents which the agency requires for its investigation against Mr Deshmukh over alleged corruption and misuse of official position.