Will resolve row on sharing documents with CBI over its probe against Anil Deshmukh: Maharashtra govt to HC

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that it would amicably resolve with CBI the issue of sharing documents with the central agency over its probe against former state home minister Anil DeshmukhThe state government had earlier claimed the documents sought by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI did not have any relevance to the agencys probe into allegations of corruption against NCP leader DeshmukhA division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar was hearing an application filed by the CBI alleging that the state government was not cooperating by refusing to hand over certain documents in connection with the probe against DeshmukhThe court last week asked the state government to reconsider over the matter and asked it to inform if it was willing to share any documentsAlso Read Maharashtra Former DGP Subodh Jaiswal points to lapses in transfer of over 50 top copsSenior counsel Rafiq Dada appearing for the state government told the HCs bench on Tuesday that he had a meeting with senior government officialsWe will be able to reconcile the matter We will put an end to this hopefully Dada saidHe told the court that a meeting would be held with Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh who appears for the CBIThe bench then posted the matter for further hearing on August 26The 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 senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla on the issue of corruption in police transfers and postings but the SID refused to provide them claiming they were part of an ongoing investigationOn July 22 the high court 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 this year lodged an FIR against Deshmukh on charges of corruption and misuse of official positionThe FIR was registered after the agency conducted a preliminary enquiry against Deshmukh following an order from the HC on April 5Deshmukh who resigned from his post in April following the allegations 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