Transport Minister Anil Parab has denied allegations levelled against him by suspended police officer Sachin Waze. Waze has purportedly told the NIA in a letter that the Shiv Sena minister asked him to extort money from civic contractors facing a probe and from the trust of a community redevelopment project in south Mumbai.

Widely circulated in social media on Wednesday, Waze’s letter came as another shocker for the ruling alliance which has lost a minister, Anil Deshmukh to the controversy. In addition to naming Parab, Waze said former home minister Anil Deshmukh demanded Rs 2 crore from him to protect his job against the wishes of his party bosses. He also said that Deshmukh asked him to collect Rs 3-3.5 lakh each from 1,650 bars and restaurants in Mumbai.