Mounting further pressure on the ruling parties, opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, on the basis of a confidential report that said there was rampant corruption in the Maharashtra police transfers. The report was prepared by former Commissioner of Intelligence Rashmi Shukla, who with permission from the state home secretary, had kept certain phones on surveillance in 2019, said Fadnavis on Tuesday before leaving for New Delhi to submit a copy of the confidential report to the Union Home Ministry.

“An intelligence report dated August 25, 2020 was submitted to the DGP, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal and in turn he forwarded it to the Additional Chief Secretary (home) Sitaram Kunte for appropriate further actions and to bring the malpractice to the chief minister's notice. I have 6.3 GB data and the transcripts which were given to the CM. All officers mentioned in the transcripts got postings they asked for,” Fadnavis told media persons at state BJP headquarters.