Ina sensational twist to the SUV case, former Mumbai Commissioner of Police ParamBir Singh on Saturday hit out at Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh byvirtually alleging that the minister wanted his team member, arrested copSachin Vaze, to ‘collect Rs 100 crore per month from bars and hookah parlours.
Takingstrong umbrage at Deshmukh's remarks that Singh's transfer as Commandant-Generalof Maharashtra Home Guards was not for administrative purposes, but for"unpardonable lapses" by his team, the ex-Mumbai top cop shot off aneight-page missive to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, making shockingrevelations.
Hittingback at Singh, Deshmukh tweeted that the ex-Mumbai police chief was levelingfalse allegations against him to save himself from action in the SUV case andthe case related to the death of Mansukh Hiran.
Buteven as the issue threatens to shake the foundation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi(MVA) government of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress, top leadersremained incommunicado.
TheSUV case refers to the explosives-laden Scorpio that was found nearindustrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai last month. Thane-basedbusinessman Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the Scorpio, was found deadunder mysterious circumstances on March 5.