CBI registered an offence against Deshmukh and unknown others on the basis of the findings in the preliminary inquiry initiated into the complaint of Dr. Jaishri Patil.
The inquiry was initiated after a direction to that effect was issued on April 5, 2021 by the Bombay High Court in the plea filed by Param Bir Singh, former Commissioner of Mumbai Police.
Post investigation, Deshmukh stood named in the FIR along with personal secretary Sanjeev Palande, personal assistant Kundan Shinde and dismissed Mumbai Police cop Sachin Waze whose names were added later on.
Deshmukh and others were first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2021 in relation to the same case but for money laundering offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Later, they were arrested by the CBI in the first week of April this year.
They were in CBI custody till April 16 after which they were remanded to judicial custody.
Source: Barandbench
