Fadnavis says inquiry will be done in case of attempt to bribe his wife

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said an appropriate inquiry will be done into the first information report FIR registered in connection with an attempt to bribe and blackmail his wife Amruta FadnavisFadnavis spoke about the matter in the Assembly after it was raised by Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar who sought to know the details of the case reported in the mediaThe deputy CM said that the designer against whom the complaint has been filed hinted about her political connections and how she could get him into trouble if the cases against her absconding father were not withdrawnThe designer has so far not responded to the allegations against herOn Amrutas complaint a first information report FIR was registered on February 20 at the Malabar Hill police station against the woman identified by her as Aniksha and her father an official said No one has been arrested in the case so far the official saidAlso Read Maharashtra Deputy CMs wife Amruta Fadnavis files FIR against designer cites threat attempts to bribe herFadnavis said the designer was in touch with his wife for nearly one and a half years and was a frequent visitor to their homeThe designer daughter of one Anil Jaisinghani who faces 14 to 15 cases and is absconding is a welleducated girl he said She first came in contact with Amruta in 201516 and won her trust and confidence said FadnavisIn 2021 she resumed contact with Amruta and even asked her to wear the clothes designed by her She spoke about her father claiming that he was implicated in false cases and asked for help My wife said she should give a memorandum which would be forwarded to me Fadnavis saidThe deputy CM told the House After the change of government the designer spoke about her contacts with bookies She claimed that she would share information and after the authorities conducted raids she would get money from both partiesThe designer hinted that if the cases are not withdrawn she could implicate him Devendra Fadnavis said the deputy chief ministerThe woman dropped names of police officials and politicians to boast of her contacts said Fadnavis There were attempts to get the cases dropped during the tenure of the last police commissioner he saidShe hinted that if the cases are withdrawn she and her father would speak in favour of Amruta and her husband said the deputy CMThe designer also allegedly offered Amruta Rs 1 crore to get her father off the hook a police official had said earlier citing the FIRFadnavis said during the previous government he always spoke of attempts being made to implicate him Thankfully nothing happened he said lamenting that the level of politics has plungedThe deputy CM said the case will be investigated The father is still absconding he saidFadnavis said the designer tried to blackmail his wife with some audio and video recordings from unknown numbers after Amruta blocked her number on her phone A forensic audit of the recordings has proved that they are false he saidOne of the video clips shows the designer handing over a iquestbag full of moneyiquest to the house help in the Fadnavis residence the deputy CM said adding that the forensic audit proved that the bag with money in one frame and the bag handed over to the house help in the other are differentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever