Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh claimed that a person named Samit Kadam met him three years ago and forced him to give a statement against Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, but he refused to do so, news agency ANI reported. Kadam refuted the allegations and claimed that it was Deshmukh who had called him for a meeting.

According to Deshmukh, Kadam is close to current Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and was also given Y-category security.