<span style="color: #222222;">Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today for questioning in connection with the allegations of corruption levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, an official said.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Deshmukh reached the DRDO guest house, where a CBI team is camping, in suburban Santacruz around 10 a.m.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The CBI on April 12 had issued a notice calling Deshmukh to join the agency's probe into the allegations levelled against him by Mr. Singh and suspended police officer Sachin Waze, the official said.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Waze, an assistant police inspector, is under investigation in the case of an explosive-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in south Mumbai.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The CBI is conducting a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Deshmukh levelled by Singh after he was removed from the post of Mumbai police commissioner.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Bombay High Court last week had directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Deshmukh.</span><br />