Updated On: 04 September, 2024 05:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Anil Deshmukh claimed the CBI has registered a new "baseless" case against him, and attributed the "conspiracy" to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis getting panicked

Anil Deshmukh. File Pic/X
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked Maharashtra home minister and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh for allegedly trying to `frame` BJP leaders in false cases, the officials said, according to the PTI.
The CBI lodged the case after a two-year preliminary enquiry which originated from a pen drive handed over to the then Maharashtra Assembly speaker by Devendra Fadnavis who was then the leader of the opposition, they said.