Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a new case against him, which he termed to be "baseless", and attributed the "conspiracy" against him to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis getting "panicked".

Deshmukh, a former state home minister, is already facing a CBI case over corruption charges. He is also booked in a case by the Enforcement Directorate.