Ramdas Athawale meets Kovind, seeks President's rule in Maharashtra
Mumbai,
Mar
25:
Union
minister
Ramdas
Athawale
on
Thursday
met
President
Ram
Nath
Kovind
and
sought
President''s
rule
in
Maharashtra
in
the
wake
of
former
Mumbai
police
chief
Param
Bir
Singh''s
allegation
of
corruption
against
state
home
minister,
and
the
Sachin
Waze
episode.
Athawale
met
the
president
in
New
Delhi.
Talking to reporters in the national capital after the meeting, the Minister of State for Social Justice said, "I submitted a memorandum of demand to Kovind and urged him to impose President''s rule in Maharashtra. He told me that he would think over my demand."
"One police officer Sachin Waze plants explosives near the residence of businessman (Mukesh Ambani), while state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh allegedly gives the target of collecting Rs 100 crore per month to senior police officers. This is a serious situation in the state," he said.
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There should be a probe against Deshmukh as he is under suspicion at this moment, Athawale said.
Param Bir Singh had sent an eight-page letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on March 20, claiming that Deshmukh wanted police officers to collect Rs 100 crore monthly from bars and hotels. However, the minister has refuted the allegation.
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Waze, a Mumbai police officer, has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the explosives-laden SUV found parked near Ambani''s residence in south Mumbai on February 25. He is also facing heat in the alleged murder of Thane-based businesssman Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of that SUV. Hiran was found dead in a creek on March 5.