Maharashtra govt agrees to share IPS officer Rashmi Shukla’s report on police postings with CBI

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it would share a report submitted by IPS officer Rashmi Shukla on alleged corruption in police transfers and postings with the CBI for its probe against former state home minister Anil DeshmukhSenior counsel Rafique Dada appearing for the state government told a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar that the documents would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI by August 31The court was hearing an application filed by the CBI claiming that the state government was not cooperating by refusing to hand over certain documents which the agency requires for its investigation against NCP leader Deshmukh over alleged corruption and misuse of official positionThe state government had earlier claimed the documents sought by the CBI did not have any relevance with its probe against DeshmukhThe bench earlier this month asked the government to reconsider and had asked it to inform if it was willing to share some of the documentsAlso Read Maharashtra Former DGP Subodh Jaiswal points to lapses in transfer of over 50 top copsThe documents sought by the CBI included a letter submitted by Shukla to Maharashtras Director General of Police a report on alleged corruption in police transfers and postings annexures of the report and the panchnama which showed how the documents had been transferred from one department to anotherRafique Dada told the HC that the panchnama report cannot be handed over as it is part of an investigation initiated by the police on the issueAdditional Solicitor General Anil Singh appearing for the CBI told the court the panchnama is only required to see the chain of events with regard to handing over of the reportDada however opposed and said it has no relevance to the probe against DeshmukhThe HC bench took on record the statement filed by the government on sharing of the report by August 31 and posted the matter for further hearing on September 2The HC said such issues should not have come before the court in the first placeBoth of you state and CBIhellipthese matters need not come before the court On many occasions the state and CBI share documents and information especially on intrastate issues and other offences that are spread over different statesrdquo the court saidIt said Maharashtras reputation and development have always been one step ahead of other states since independence We need to maintain thatrdquo Justice Shinde saidThe CBI in its application filed last month said it had written a letter to the State Intelligence Department seeking details of a communication sent by Rashmi Shukla on the issue of corruption in police transfers and postings but the SID refused to provide them claiming it was part of an ongoing investigationThe high court on July 22 held that the CBI can inquire the allegations of corruption in transfers and postings of police personnel limited to its nexus with Deshmukh and had dismissed a petition filed by the Maharashtra government seeking that some parts of the central agencys FIR against the NCP leader be quashedThe CBI had on April 21 lodged an FIR against Deshmukh on charges of corruption and misuse of official positionThe FIR was lodged after the agency conducted a preliminary enquiry against Deshmukh following an order from the HC on April 5Deshmukh who resigned from the post of home minister in April following corruption allegations against him has repeatedly denied any wrongdoingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever