HC notice to Maha govt on CBI's plea seeking documents related to Anil Deshmukh

The Bombay High Court issued a notice to the Maharashtra government on an application filed by the CBI seeking a direction to the state to provide documents needed for the agencys probe against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh after the probe agency claimed its personnel were threatened by a police officerCBI counsel Anil Singh informed a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar that the state government was not cooperating and claimed some CBI officers were threatened by an assistant commissioner of policeThe court said it would issue a notice to the state government and directed public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai to respond to the claim that CBI officers were threatenedldquoWe are issuing notice to the government Some ACP is threatening the CBI officers Find out what the situation is Please do not create an unfair situation that we have to take them police to taskrdquo the bench saidThe court said it would hear the matter further on August 11 It also directed the CBI to add additional chief secretary Home department of the state as a respondent to the applicationldquoPlease ensure that the directions given by this court and the order passed earlier are followed in letter and spiritrdquo the court told the state governmentThe CBI in its application said it had written a letter to the State Intelligence Department seeking details of a communication sent by senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla on the issue of corruption in police transfers and postings but the SID refused to provide the documents claiming they were part of an ongoing investigationThe HC on July 22 held that the CBI can inquire into the allegations of corruption in transfers and postings of police personnel and dismissed a petition filed by the Maharashtra government seeking that some parts of the central agencys FIR against Deshmukh be quashedThe Maharashtra government stated that as it was approaching the Supreme Court against the HC order it will not be sharing the documents with the CBI the agency told the courtThis was in clear violation of the order of the High Court which categorically had refused a stay on its order and no such order had yet been obtained from the Supreme Court the CBI saidThe HC said the government may be challenging the July 22 order in the apex court but the concern presently is that the government was not handing over the documents sought by the CBIThe CBI on April 21 this year registered an FIR against Deshmukh on charges of corruption and misuse of official position The FIR was lodged after the agency conducted a preliminary enquiry against the NCP leader following an order from the HC on April 5This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever