An FIR filed against the former Mumbai police commissioner last week alleged that he demanded Rs 15 crore from a builder for withdrawing the cases registered against him.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Deshmukh seeking quashing of the FIR registered by CBI on 24 April against him on charges of corruption and misuse of official position.
According to officials, during NIA's investigation in the Ambani-SUV case, Rs 1.5 crore were found in a bank account of a firm floated by dismissed Mumbai police cop Sachin Waze.
Param Bir Singh was shifted from Mumbai police commissioner's post to the Home Guards dept amid the controversy over Waze's alleged involvement in Ambani-SUV case.
Ex-state home minister Deshmukh is facing allegations of corruption & misconduct first levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, in the aftermath of the Sachin Waze case.
Waze, in jail since his arrest in Antilla bomb scare case, was previously suspended in a case related to death of an accused in 2002 Ghatkopar bomb blast.
Qazi, an assistant police inspector, was arrested by NIA on 11 April and is alleged to be involved in the conspiracy of the case, along with Sachin Waze, who is the prime accused.
NIA suspects that by eliminating two persons, Sachin Waze planned to claim to have solved the case of the explosives-laden SUV and earn praise, but the plan did not work out.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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