TheCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR againstex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, raided around 10 locations acrossmultiple cities and later detained him in Nagpur, official sources said here onSaturday.
Followingthe first information report, the CBI teams wearing PPE kits, swooped atDeshmukh's home in Nagpur and other premises in Mumbai, Thane and Pune,stunning the ruling ally, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Deshmukh,who had been interrogated earlier by the CBI in Mumbai for 8 hours on April 14,was likely to undergo a second round of questioning on Saturday.
TheCBI action is part of the primary probe into the corruption allegationslevelled against him by former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singhlast month, sparking off a massive political upheaval.
"TheCBI has registered an FIR in connection with the corruption allegations againstDeshmukh, and raids were conducted at various places," a CBI officialconnected to the probe said.
Inthe FIR invoking provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and IndianPenal Code, the CBI is understood to have named Deshmukh and at least 5 othersas accused in the case pertaining to allegations that the former home ministerasked a police official to 'collect' Rs 100-crore per month from hoteliers andother sources.
Theruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituent NCP National Spokesperson NawabMalik and Minister Hasan Mushrif, besides Congress Spokesperson Dr. RajuWaghmare termed the action as "politically motivated" and"misuse of central agencies" to target and malign the stategovernment's image.