The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into the corruption allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Param Bir Singh had made the allegations in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and alleged that Anil Deshmukh had asked suspended police officer Sachin Vaze, who has been arrested by the NIA in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case, to collect Rs 100 crore every month, including Rs 40-50 crore from bars and restaurants in Mumbai.