Maharashtra DGP sends proposal to droop Param Bir Singh; residence division seeks extra particulars

Maharashtra Director Normal of Police Sanjay Pandey just lately despatched a proposal to droop IPS officer Param Bir Singh and different police officers named in alleged extortion instances, however the state Home Department sought extra particulars, sources mentioned on Saturday.

No less than 4 FIRs of `extortion’ have been registered towards Singh, a former Mumbai police commissioner, in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane. The House Division returned the DGP’s proposal asking for extra particular details about the function of the every accused official in these instances, authorities sources mentioned.

In addition to Singh, officers of ranks of deputy commissioner of police (DCP) and assistant commissioner of police (ACP) have been named as accused within the FIRs. Singh was transferred from the submit of Mumbai police commissioner in March 2021 after metropolis police officer Sachin Waze was arrested by the NIA within the case of explosives-laden SUV discovered close to industrialist Mukesh Ambani‘s south Mumbai home `Antilia’. After his switch to House Guard, the IPS officer accused then state residence minister Anil Deshmukh of asking law enforcement officials to gather bribes from lodge and bar house owners, an allegation the latter denied. However Deshmukh stepped down from his submit subsequently as CBI registered a case towards him. Among the FIRs towards Singh, the place he and different officers are accused of extorting cash from complainants — builders in some instances — by threatening to arrest them in false instances , had been registered after his allegations towards NCP chief Deshmukh.