The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)  has detained a man outside Mumbai airport for his alleged role in the 'manipulation' of preliminary inquiry against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with an extortion case.

The detained man belonged to Deshmukh's legal team. On August 29, a report that was allegedly part of a preliminary inquiry conducted by CBI got leaked to media. The report mentioned that the agency had concluded that "no cognizable offence had been committed by Anil Deshmukh".