Maharashtra Government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order in which it ordered the CBI probe against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

We have filed an appeal on behalf of the state government against the Bombay High Court order of yesterday, said Maharashtra standing counsel Sachin Patil. Deshmukh's counsel Sudhanshu S Choudhari said that he has also filed a petition in the apex court against the high court order.

On Monday, Anil Deshmukh resigned as the Home Minister of Maharashtra. Senior NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil was on Monday given the charge of Maharashtra Home department following the resignation of Anil Deshmukh.

In his resignation letter to Maharashtra CM, Anil Deshmukh said he doesn't find it morally correct to continue as the Home Minister after the Bombay High Court's order.

The Bombay High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into corruption allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh against Deshmukh.

Earlier, Param Bir Singh claimed that Deshmukh had asked police officers, including suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, to collect Rs 100 crore each month from bars and restaurants. Waze was arrested earlier this month by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case of a bomb scare near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai.

Singh was shifted from the post of Mumbai's Commissioner of Police to the Home Guards department on March 17.

(With inputs from PTI)

(Edited by : Aditi Gautam)

First Published:Apr 6, 2021 3:40 PM IST