The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked Maharashtra home minister and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh for allegedly trying to 'frame' BJP leaders in false cases, the officials said, according to the PTI.

The CBI lodged the case after a two-year preliminary enquiry which originated from a pen drive handed over to the then Maharashtra Assembly speaker by Devendra Fadnavis who was then the leader of the opposition, they said.