Amid the controversy over suspended Mumbai Police ASI Sachin Waze, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said an attempt is being made to mislead people by disseminating wrong information about him. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader shared a video message on social media on Tuesday.

"There has been much misinformation about me being propagated in the electronic and print media for the last few days. You all know that during the last one year amid the COVID-19 situation, I went around the state and met the policemen and encouraged them. I tested positive for COVID-19 on February 5. I was hospitalised from February 5 to 15," he told in the message.