Why did Param Bir not act against Deshmukh, asks HC

The court is hearing the former Minister’s plea to quash FIR registered against him by CBI

The Bombay High Court said on Monday that one would have to get to the root of the corruption allegations made against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and wondered if those behind reinstating police inspector Sachin Vaze could claim impunity. Mr. Vaze was reinstated last year after being on suspension for 17 years for the custodial death of 27-year-old Khwaja Yunus in 2002. He is currently lodged at Taloja Central Jail in connection with the recovery of explosives near Mukesh Ambani's residence and the Mansukh Hiran murder case. A division bench of justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar was hearing a plea filed by Mr. Deshmukh to quash the FIR registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after another division bench directed it to inquire into the corruption allegations against him. Former police commissioner Param Bir Singh had written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray accusing Mr. Deshmukh of having directed Mr. Vaze to collect ₹100 crore from bars and restaurants in a month.