Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was ailing and in hospital at the time he was allegedly discussing a ₹ 100 crore extortion racket with police officers, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sahrad Pawar said today, ruling out the possibility off his resignation. Former Mumbai top cop Parambir Singh's allegations against the home minister, he said, was meant just to divert attention from the Mukesh Ambani explosives scare case, over which he was moved out from the top post and into the Home Guards.
