Devendra Fadnavis rakes up Rashmi Shukla case, will meet Home Secretary to seek CBI probe
Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 23
Launching a direct attack at Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday called his quarantine claim a “big lie”, challenging the timeline he gave in his defence in the ongoing Maharashtra police imbroglio.
Fadnavis also claimed that Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray was aware of the ongoing corruption/extortion racket in the police department.
Fadnavis, who also raked up the case of IPS officer Rashmi Shukla, said he has given the information regarding the “Maharashtra Police transfer racket”, to the Union Home Secretary in a sealed envelope. He said he demanded a CBI inquiry and has been assured “appropriate” action into the matter.
“I have given all information and evidences of Maharashtra Police transfer racket, in a sealed envelope to Union Home Secretary in New Delhi and demanded a CBI probe. They have assured appropriate decisions after going through it,” he said in Delhi.
“Deshmukh should have put in his papers the moment allegations were made. Now there are also these reports about IPS officer Rashmi Shukla and how she was shunted out on a posting which did not even exist rather than being given a promotion after her investigations on corrupt practices in the department,” he said earlier.
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said defending Deshmukh has made a serious dent in political credibility of senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar
“The only way he can restore his political credibility is by making Deshmukh resign,” Prasad said addressing a press conference here.
He called the Maha Aghadi government of Maharashtra a “maha vasooli” government.
On Monday, the former Mumbai CP said Deshmukh’s baseless utterances about his transfer was to camouflage the minister’s own “misdeeds and malign” him.
Singh also gave the example of “victimisation” of another top police officer, Rashmi Shukla, “who had intercepted telephone conversations about Deshmukh’s alleged corrupt practices”
“Shukla, the commissioner intelligence, state intelligence department, had brought to the notice of the director-general of police, who in turn brought it to the knowledge of the additional chief secretary, home department, about corrupt malpractices in postings/transfers by Deshmukh based on a telephonic interception. She was shunted out rather than taking any firm action against Deshmukh, ” he had said.
Allegations by Devendra Fadnavis:
1.Parambir Singh wrote a letter to CM with allegations of Rs100 crores per month collection.
2. Yesterday Sharad Pawar tweeted that HM was in Nagpur during his home quarantine period.
3. I have 2 police manifest documents which show HM Anil Deshmukh’s movements on 17th February and 24th February 2021 in Mumbai.
4. HM Anil Deshmukh was not in isolation during the home quarantine period. There are many pieces of evidence and it’s easy to find out if one wishes.
5. During our tenure, in 2017, we had unearthed a nexus of police transfers/postings racket and strict action was taken.
6. An intelligence report dated 25th August 2020 was submitted to the DGP and in turn the DGP very next day forwarded to ACS home for appropriate further actions.
7. I have 6.3 GB of data and all these transcripts which were given to the CM.
8.But this MVA Govt did not take any action on these severe & sensitive allegations.
9. It Instead transferred the intelligence Commissioner.
All officials mentioned in these transcripts got the same postings.
10. CM Uddhav Thackeray did not take any action. Seems like he shielded and protected this entire racket to save his Government.
