CBI Registers FIR Against Ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Deshmukh in Alleged Conspiracy Case

The CBI has filed an FIR against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and others for allegedly conspiring to frame BJP leaders in 2020. The case originated from a pen drive submitted by Devendra Fadnavis. Video recordings in the drive allegedly show a plot to implicate BJP leaders falsely.

The CBI has registered an FIR against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and others, accusing them of conspiring to frame top BJP leaders in a false case in 2020, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

This development comes after a two-year preliminary enquiry initiated by a pen drive handed over to the then Maharashtra Assembly Speaker by Devendra Fadnavis, who was in opposition at the time.

The pen drive reportedly contains videos showing Special Public Prosecutor Pravin Pandit Chavan and Deshmukh conspiring to frame BJP leader Girish Mahajan, currently a minister, in false cases.

(With inputs from agencies.)