New Delhi: The Justice K.U. Chandiwal Commission, set up to probe allegations of corruption levelled against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh by former Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh, has given Deshmukh a “clean chit”, the Free Press Journal reported.On Tuesday, April 26, the commission submitted its report on the probe to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and home minister Dilip Walse Patil, which was 201 pages long and included 1,400 pages of annexures.Retired Justice of the Bombay high court Chandiwal was appointed to lead the probe on March 30 last year after Singh, in a letter addressed to the chief minister and other high-ranking officials, accused Deshmukh of running an extortion racket wherein he asked police officials to collect Rs 100 crore from bar and restaurant owners every month.Singh’s allegations in the letter were reportedly made on the basis of statements by the then assistant commissioner of police Sanjay Patil and then assistant police inspector Sachin Waze.According to a senior home ministry official who spoke to the Free Press Journal, Singh submitted no evidence throughout the course of the probe to substantiate his allegations.According to Hindustan Times, the commission was required to look into three things: whether Singh’s letter contained any proof that Deshmukh or any police officer participated in the alleged corruption; whether Singh’s allegations of messages from Patil and Waze have any truth to them; and whether the matter warranted investigation by the appropriate agency.Also read: The Case Against Anil Deshmukh: Here’s What We Know So FarAn investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been running alongside the Chandiwal commission’s probe and is unlikely to be affected by the recent ‘clean chit’ decision.The CBI was directed by the Bombay high court to open an investigation into the matter in April last year, after which Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Deshmukh resigned from his post.On April 25, the CBI registered a first information report (FIR) against Deshmukh under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as well as the Prevention of Corruption Act. However, he was not immediately arrested. Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November last year after a 12-hour interrogation and was charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was then sent to 14-day judicial remand. He was then lodged in Arthur Road jail, where he remained until April this year.In April, the CBI took custody of Deshmukh for additional questioning and had already had Waze and two of Deshmukh’s aides, Kundan Shinde and Sanjeev Palande, in its custody.