Maha CMO doubts authenticity of Singh's letter, Deshmukh hits back

In a surprise development in the letter bomb dropped by former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh the Chief Ministers Office said on Saturday that the letter was not received from the IPS officers known official email id even as Home Minister Anil Deshmukh charged Singh with conspiracy and threatened to file a defamation caseIn view of the discrepancies in the known email id of Singh the home department is making efforts to contact him Singh to verify the antecedents of the unsigned letter said a CMO spokespersonDeshmukh in a detailed rejoinder accused Singh of lying making the false accusations as part of a conspiracy hatched to discredit him Deshmukh and the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to save himself from any action in the SUV case and the case related to the death of Mansukh HiranThe SUV case refers to the explosivesladen Scorpio that was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis residence in Mumbai last month Thanebased businessman Mansukh Hiran who was in possession of the Scorpio was found dead under mysterious circumstances on March 5Why was Singh quiet for so many days after API Sachin Vazes arrest After realising that he would be removed as the CoP on March 17 a day earlier March 16 Singh called ACP Sanjay Patil asked him some questions and got the answers he wanted Deshmukh pointed outDismissing the contents of the letter as part of a larger conspiracy by the IPS officer Deshmukh said that Singh wanted to collect evidence systematically through WhatsApp chat which showed that he was impatient as he repeatedly asked questions to ACP PatilOn March 18 Singh tried to create evidence of a conversation on WhatsApp and tried again on March 19 to save himself after I said that he had been removed from the office CoP due to some serious lapses Deshmukh saidHe said that everyone in the police department knows that Singh is very close to suspended API Vaze and ACP Patil and Singh in his own right took the decision to reinstate Vaze who was earlier suspended for 16 yearsIf Singh says that Vaze met him in February and informed him of the alleged demands by the minister then why did he keep quiet for so many days the minster askedAfter realising that he could get into trouble in the SUV case he has tried to blackmail the government with such fake accusations Singhs allegations are completely false He should prove them I am filing a defamation suit against him said DeshmukhDeshmukh also called upon Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to order an impartial probe into the allegations made in Singhs letterDefending Deshmukh Congress Spokesperson Sachin Sawant said the letter was manufactured by Singh for his selfdefence especially since the Home Minister had said a month ago that some officials were under pressureSawant said the BJP is conspiring against the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government by putting pressure on officers through probe agencies and asked how could the BJP know all the secret information in advanceIn a sensational twist to the SUV case Singh on Saturday hit out at Deshmukh by virtually alleging that the minister wanted his team member arrested cop Sachin Vaze to collect Rs 100 crore per month from bars and hookah parloursThis 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