I was not party to the decision, but it was on my suggestion the commission was set up,” he said. “I came to know about the resolution on the committee when it was published. Deshmukh said when he saw Singh’s letter, he suggested to the CM he set up a commission of inquiry since the allegations were false. Then there were 4-5 persons, but I appointed Palande without his interview,” Deshmukh said. I do not recollect as to through whom Sanjeev Palande was appointed private secretary. After assuming charge, I secured information from officials. Deshmukh told the panel that after taking charge of the home department, he collected details of departments under him and studied key issues. Chandiwal is probing Singh’s 20 ‘letter bomb’ against Deshmukh. Again his counsel was absent, following which Justice K U Chandiwal made it clear there will be no more adjournment and Waze himself will have to cross-examine the former home minister. When he did not attend, the case was adjourned for Friday.
As per the original plan, Waze’s counsel Yogesh Naidu was expected to cross-examine Deshmukh on Wednesday. Singh did write a letter to the CM making the allegations in March last year, but before the panel, he stated he does not want to lead evidence or cross-examine witnesses. Most of his questions were routine and administrative in nature, and as a police officer, he failed to elicit sensitive information on the role of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh with regard to the allegations made by Singh about a target of Rs 100 crore set by him (Deshmukh).
It was a rare opportunity for Waze to take on Deshmukh, that too before a judicial commission, but he failed to take advantage of the situation. MUMBAI: For dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, it was a different kind of “encounter” when he quizzed ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh on Friday, but it turned out to be a tame affair in the absence of tough questions.
0 kommentar(er)
