The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)  has detained a man outside Mumbai airport for his alleged role in the `manipulation` of preliminary inquiry against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with an extortion case.

The detained man belonged to Deshmukh`s legal team. On August 29, a report that was allegedly part of a preliminary inquiry conducted by CBI got leaked to media. The report mentioned that the agency had concluded that "no cognizable offence had been committed by Anil Deshmukh".