Fadnavis taking political vengeance, using Waze to level allegations: Deshmukh

Former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP SP leader Anil Deshmukh on Sunday claimed Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was taking political vengeance by levelling allegations against him using sacked police officer Sachin Waze reported news agency PTITalking to reporters in Nagpur Deshmukh challenged Fadnavis to make Justice Chandiwal Commission report public claiming he had been given a clean chitRetired Justice Chandiwal conducted an inquiry for 11 months on the allegations against me by former Mumbai commissioner Parambir Singh and dismissed police officer Sachin Waze who had clearly stated that neither I nor my PA had asked him for money or given him any the NCP SP leader said reported PTIExcop Sachin Waze on Saturday reiterated bribery allegations against Deshmukh prompting the opposition to question the timing and Fadnavis assuring an inquiry reported PTIDeshmukh resigned as home minister in 2021 after Param Bir Singh accused him of setting a target to collect Rs 100 crore a month from bars and restaurants in the cityExcop Sachin Waze accused of planting gelatin sticks outside Mukesh Ambanis residence Antilia and also booked for the related murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran had earlier told the inquiry commission that he had paid money to Deshmukhs associates on the latters instructions reported PTIExcop Sachin Waze is currently lodged in Taloja Central Jail in Navi MumbaiDeshmukh accused Fadnavis of taking political vengeance by levelling allegations against him using excop Sachin Waze reported PTIHe claimed Parambir Singh did not appear before Justice Chandiwal Commission despite six summonsFinally after an arrest warrant was issued against him Singh gave an affidavit stating that the allegations against me were based on oral information and he has no evidence Deshmukh said reported PTIThe NCP SP leader said Justice Chandiwal submitted the report to the government two years agoI had written to Fadnavis several times requesting him to place the findings before the public However they have not been made public or placed before the state legislature so far he said reported PTIDeshmukh accused Fadnavis of purposely delaying the report and challenged him to make the findings publicBJP spokesperson Ram Kulkarni termed Deshmukhs allegations against the deputy chief minister childish and said the CBI has evidence of the formers misdeeds reported PTIIt is childish to allege that Fadnavis asked excop Sachin Waze to make these comments Deshmukh himself was in jail for allegedly asking his officers to collect Rs 100 crore he said reported PTIHe further questioned why excop Sachin Waze was reinstated in police service during the Maha Vikas Aghadi regime and why then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray defended him when the bribery allegations came to the fore reported PTIThe CBI has evidence of Deshmukhs misdeeds He will have to return to prison Kulkarni saidWith inputs from PTI