Fresh jolt to ex-Maha HM Deshmukh as CBI chargesheets daughter, daughter-in-law

In a significant development the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has charged former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukhs daughter Pooja and daughterinlaw Rahat in connection with the alleged leakage of the agencys internal draft report in 2021 This report had exonerated Deshmukh in an extortion case news wire PTI reportedIn its supplementary charge sheet filed before a special CBI court here the agency has termed Pooja a coconspirator who allegedly planned directed and provided logistical support to Deshmukhs lawyer Anand Dilip Daga to bribe agencys subinspector Abhishek Tiwari in order to get the draft report they saidThe report was leaked to the media on August 29 2021 to subvert the Bombay High Courtdirected probe against him the agency has allegedThe Bombay High Court had directed the CBI to probe allegations of extortion worth crores from Restaurants and Bars owners in Mumbai levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh against Anil DeshmukhThe CBI report leaked to the media purportedly mentioned that no cognisable offence has been committed by Anil Deshmukh The agency had arrested its subinspector Abhishek Tiwari and Deshmukhs lawyer Daga in connection with the leakage and they were charged in 2021Continuing its probe into the conspiracy the CBI has filed its supplementary charge sheet after two years in which a distant relative of Deshmukh Vikrant Deshmukh and one Sayajeet Wayal have also been charged in addition to Pooja and RahatAll the accused have said they have no relation or connection with the allegations levelled against them and they have been falsely implicated in itBefore filing the charge sheet the CBI questioned them but they were never taken into custodyAlso read Mumbai cops crack Dindoshi court parking mafia nab 2 kingpin abscondingThe CBI has also sent Letters Rogatory to the US through the Special CBI court here seeking email dumps of the accused they saidThe agency has alleged that Pooja had directed Daga for the illegal procurement and leakage of caserelated documents of the preliminary enquiry and FIR against the former minister with the intention to subvert the investigationThe WhatsApp conversation in WhatsApp groups Team And A and Inner Circle revealed that even the designing of pamphlets naare slogans and printouts to create video content tweets and photo banners against CBI investigation was done on the directions of Pooja Deshmukh the agency has allegedBased on the analysis of WhatsApp chat groups the CBI has submitted that Pooja allegedly made logistical arrangements for Daga to travel to HAL Guest House in Pune where Tiwari was staying to conduct raids in connection with the probe against DeshmukhDaga met Tiwari who allegedly leaked the draft report in return for an iPhone12 Pro the agency has allegedThe CBI has alleged that Pooja sent an Innova car used by her family with her driver Kundan for Dagas travel to HAL Guest house in Pune where Tiwari was stayingThe register maintained at the entry gate of Dnyaneshwari Bungalow establishes the fact that the said vehicle was regularly used by the family members of Anil Deshmukh including Pooja Deshmukh the charge sheet filed in August has allegedThe scrutiny of the entry register at the HAL guest house shows the entry of the said vehicle and phone number of driver Kundan the agency has allegedThe central probe agency also analysed the Google take out of Daga which confirmed his travel from Mumbai to HAL Guest HouseThe CBI has alleged that Pooja had directed Daga to send the cover letter printing plan and material to V ie Vaibhav Gajendra Tumane the social media handler of the exminister and print the report for circulation to various media houses to run a parallel media trial in favour of DeshmukhThe CBI has also chargesheeted Satyajeet Wayal who was instrumental in the procurement of the iPhone 12 worth Rs 95000 from a shop in Mukund Nagar Pune that was allegedly used to bribe TiwariDaga had purchased the phone through Wayal on July 27 2021 and handed it over to him in Pune the CBI has allegedThe CBI had also found the conversations indicating the alleged role of Rahat Deshmukh daughterinlaw of Anil Deshmukh in the conspiracy to leak the report With inputs from PTI