Timesof24
Mumbai:
Devendra Fadnavis spoke concerning the ‘lure’ that the Maharashtra authorities and the state police had laid to catch a designer who allegedly tried to bribe and blackmail his spouse, Amruta Fadnavis.
Amruta Fadnavis, in a First Info Report (FIR), alleged {that a} lady named ‘Aniksha’, claiming to be a designer, tried to bribe her, providing her Rs 1 crore to intervene in a legal case involving her father, who’s a bookie. She filed the grievance on February 20.
After being cornered by the Opposition within the Maharashtra meeting, Mr Fadnavis spoke at size concerning the case. He advised the home that Aniksha used to fulfill Amruta Fadnavis in 2015-16, however then the visits stopped. She once more met Ms Fadnavis in 2021 and satisfied her that she is a designer, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra stated.
In line with the FIR, Ms Fadnavis stated the lady despatched her video clips, voice notes, and messages from an unknown quantity on February 18 and 19.
The Mumbai Police has filed a case in opposition to the lady and her father for conspiracy beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Mr Fadnavis advised the Home that the designer ingratiated herself together with his spouse in an try to avoid wasting her father.
“The FIR particulars the corruption and bribery try. Anil Jaisinghani is a bookie, lacking for 4 or 5 years. There are 14 circumstances in opposition to him. His daughter Aniksha, who’s educated, obtained in contact with my spouse after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) got here to energy,” Mr Fadnavis advised reporters.
Devendra Fadnavis stated that the FIR by his spouse was intentionally not made public as cops need to lure the accused. The police deliberate to have interaction with the accused, who was allegedly beneath the impression that they didn’t know concerning the bribe and blackmail in opposition to Ms Fadnavis.
“With assist from the police, we continued to have interaction the stated particular person and in a single dialog names of law enforcement officials and leaders had been revealed. We had been advised that the earlier police commissioner had began the process to take circumstances again,” Mr Fadnavis stated.
He claimed that now that the case has made headlines, the accused will likely be alert and will not get caught.
