New Delhi: The CBI on Monday started searches on the premises of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh at multiple locations, officials said.

The searches are understood to be taking place on the premises of Deshmukh in Nagpur and Mumbai, they said.

The agency has not disclosed the case in which the search operation is going on.

The CBI had booked Deshmukh and other unidentified people under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Allegations against Deshmukh had surfaced after the removal of Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.