Anil Deshmukh row: Conduct narco test on Sachin Waze immediately, says Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena on Monday demanded a narco test be conducted on dismissed policeman Sachin Waze to unearth the «truth» amid a row over bribery allegations against ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, which has hotted up the political scene. Sanjay Shirrsat, the spokesperson of Shiv Sena headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, claimed Waze- who was reinstated in the Mumbai Police force when Uddhav Thackeray was chief minister- was a leader of the undivided Shiv Sena.
«Waze commanded respect in the party organisation. He used to attend meetings of the Home Department (headed by Anil Deshmukh when Maha Vikas Aghadi was in power) and report to Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray),» Shirsat claimed while talking to reporters in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
If Sachin Waze is ready to undergo a narco test, then it should be conducted immediately so that the truth will come out in this case, the Shiv Sena leader said.
Responding to a query, Shirsat said the report of the Justice Chandiwal Commission, which inquired about allegations of bribery levelled against ex-home minister Deshmukh by the former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, was submitted when the MVA government was in power.
«If the report was favourable, why wasn't it published? Shirsat said while responding to Deshmukh's claim of getting a clean chit.
Waze is accused of planting gelatin sticks outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence 'Antilia' in February 2021 and also booked for the related murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran. He is lodged
