He was once desirous about fraudulently giving permissions to Anil Parab, former delivery minister in MVA executive, for the development of Sai hotel in Dapoli, in violation of Coastal Legislation Zone laws.

BJP chief Kirit Somaiya had, in 2021, alleged that Parab had constructed a hotel on land illegally tagged as non-agricultural land, that allowed him to hold out the development in violation of CRZ laws in a no-development zone. On Monday, Somaiya shared on-line the order of the Income and Woodland Division of the state executive, saying Deshpande’s suspension.