Nagpur police close probe into Anil Deshmukh attack case, declare his claim ‘false’

However, Deshmukh denied the allegation, claiming that the police were under pressure.

The alleged incident took place in November last year. Deshmukh claimed that his car was attacked near Katol while he was returning after addressing an election rally in Narkhed in the Katol Assembly constituency, where his son Salil was contesting.

According to a source in the rural police, the forensic analysis allegedly confirmed three key points:

• First, the vehicle’s window could not have been smashed with a one blow from a stone if it were made of reinforced glass. In this case, the police said, it was.
• Second, if any person seated in Deshmukh’s seat had been injured, it would have been due to the broken glass. However, according to Deshmukh’s medical report, his injury was hard and blunt. Glass causes a sharp injury, the source said.
• Third, the source said, Deshmukh was seated on the front seat of the vehicle, but it was the back window that was broken. So the forensic report establishes that a rock coming from the back could have either landed on the middle seat or on the back seat because the vehicle had three sets of seats, front, middle, and back.

The police further pointed out that there were no eyewitnesses to the incident, as it occurred at an isolated, uninhabited location. The police also informed that there were no CCTV cameras in the area.

‘Attempt to give political colour’

Responding to the development, Deshmukh told the media on Wednesday, “Right from the beginning, there has been an attempt to give this incident a political colour. One of the ministers, Parinay Fuke, at that time immediately told the media that the Superintendent of Police (SP) would clarify the incident. Even before the inquiry took place, 10 months ago, the SP also mentioned the incident, without waiting for the forensic report, due to political pressure.”

At that time, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also said, ‘This is a Salim-Javed story (implying it’s a fabricated or dramatic tale),” Deshmukh said.

“After two people threw stones, those two men should have been apprehended. But instead of doing that, a ‘B final’ report has been submitted to give it a political colour,” Deshmukh added.

“In this matter, now that the forensic report has come, we will take appropriate action going forward based on that report. I have seen the forensic report; it clearly states that two individuals pelted stones at Anil Deshmukh’s vehicle, one with a small stone and one with a large stone. The large one was approximately 10 kg. Because there was a turn, the car was traveling at a speed of 5 (km/h), which caused the damage. And the report states that the glass of the vehicle shattered, causing an injury to Anil Deshmukh’s head,” Deshmukh pointed out.

Instead of filing a ‘B final’ report, the police should have filed an ‘A summary’ report, stating that the accused were not found, rather than dismissing the incident as fabricated, he added.

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