After a marathon meeting at Sharad Pawar's 6 Janpath residence here, NCP's Maharashtra unit chief Jayant Patil said: "There is no question of Anil Deshmukh's resignation. Maharashtra ATS and the NIA are investigating both Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder cases and everyone believed that the culprit will be punished soon. "We have full faith in the ATS and NIA investigations and believe that the main culprit will be booked... the Maharashtra government is cooperating in the investigation."

Earlier, addressing a press conference, Pawar said: "This is really important and sensitive case. An in-depth enquiry should be conducted by an officer or an individual who enjoys utmost respect of the police administration and the public at large." Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh set off a major row on Saturday when he alleged that Deshmukh had asked suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze, who has been arrested in the SUV case and is in NIA custody, to collect Rs 100 crore from Mumbai's restaurants, bars and hookah bars.

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