SC transfers to CBI probe against former police commissioner Param Bir Singh
India | March 24, 2022 16:40 ISTThere were allegations of misconduct and corruption against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
There were allegations of misconduct and corruption against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh's statement is part of the ED's supplementary charge sheet against NCP leader Anil Deshmukh who is now in judicial custody.
The duo had met in a room adjacent to the chamber of Justice Chandiwal (retd) Commission in a building in south Mumbai.
Param Bir Singh, currently Director General, Home Guards, was placed under suspension on Thursday after he was named as accused in at least five cases of alleged extortion in Mumbai and Thane.
Earlier in the day, a magistrate court had cancelled its proclamation order against Singh in an extortion case registered against him in suburban Goregaon.
Param Bir had on Monday appeared before the Maharashtra CID to record his statement in connection with two extortion cases registered against him.
Following Singh's appearance, the Justice K U Chandiwal Commission cancelled the bailable warrant issued against Param Bir Singh and asked him to deposit Rs 15,000 in the chief minister's relief fund.
The, letter which was written on Oct 11, is doing rounds in media after Param Bir Singh’s appearance at Thane Nagar police station in the city on Friday, where the case of extortion is registered against him.
The former Mumbai police commissioner, declared absconding by a court, appeared before the Mumbai police's crime branch on Thursday to record statement in an extortion case registered against him.
Singh who has been declared 'absconding' by a Mumbai court, had arrived at Crime Branch unit 11 office in Kandivali to join the investigation of the Goregaon extortion case.
Param Bir Singh who is facing several extortion cases in Maharashtra had told news channels on Wednesday that he was in Chandigarh.
The IPS officer who is facing several extortion cases in Maharashtra told that he was in Chandigarh. Asked by reporters if he would surrender (before the police or court), Singh said he had yet to decide his next course of action.
The Supreme Court had on Monday termed the legal battle between former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh as "very disturbing" and stated that the former commissioner seems to show a lack of faith in the police.
The top court also granted protection from arrest to Singh in the cases lodged against him in Maharashtra, and directed him to join the investigation.
The Supreme Court granted protection to the former Mumbai police chief from arrest and asked to join investigations into an extortion case against him.
As per the businessman's complaint, Bhati trapped him and extorted Rs 25 lakh after making a video of him in an objectionable state with a woman.
A bench headed by Justice S.K. Kaul told senior advocate Puneet Bali, representing Singh, "Where are you... within the country or outside. First, I want to know where are you."
The ED's case is that Anil Deshmukh, while serving as Maharashtra's Home minister, misused his official position and through dismissed police officer Sachin Waze collected Rs 4.70 crore from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai.
The crime branch of Mumbai Police, which is probing the case, had sought the proclamation, saying that the IPS officer could not be traced even after the issuance of a non-bailable warrant against him.
This is the third non-bailable warrant issued against Param Bir Singh, which has been issued in connection with the extortion case registered at the Marine Drive police station
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