CBI Arrested Anil Deshmukh in corruption case

Earlier Bombay HC refused to hear his plea challenging the CBI special court’s order

Former Home Minister of Maharashtra, Anil Deshmukh arrested by CBI, in the corruption case registered against him. Earlier, the agency had taken custody of Deshmukh's personal assistant Kundan Shinde and Secretary Sanjeev Palande, and dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze.

On Monday, The CBI alleged that Maharashtra's former home minister Anil Deshmukh was trying to evade the custody of the agency and, therefore, he got himself admitted to state-run JJ hospital. The investigating agency made the claim during a hearing at a special court.

“On April 1, the court allowed the accused to be transferred to the CBI. Investigating officer sends an email to jail on that day itself that this order has been passed.

In the meantime, on April 2, Anil Deshmukh got himself admitted to the hospital. This is simply to circumvent the process of law and evade the effect of a court order. It is intentional to avoid hearing. We were shocked to know that he was already admitted," said CBI lawyer Rajmohan Chand.

Earlier, the Bombay HC had refused to hear Anil Deshmukh’s plea. Deshmukh challenged the Special CBI court’s order that allowed CBI’s application seeking his custody in connection with an alleged corruption case.

Justice Dere directed that the plea be placed before another bench.

The Bombay HC has also rejected anticipatory bail pleas of two accused in the CBI case. The phones of these two people were tapped by IPS officer Rashmi Shukla who, according to her report, was part of the illegal transformer posting case.

The anticipatory bail applications were earlier rejected by Mumbai sessions court as well.