Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh was fined Rs 25,000 by an investigation committee led by retired Bombay High Court Judge Justice KU Chandiwal for failing to appear before Wednesday. The former Mumbai police commissioner was the third time he had failed to appear before the investigation committee. On August 30, the committee will have its next hearing.
Meanwhile, Anita Shekhar Castellino, the lawyer for former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, has asked the commission to issue a warrant against Singh for failing to attend. The Maharashtra government appointed the Justice Chandiwal committee to investigate the charges of corruption levelled by Param Bir Singh against the state’s former home minister, Anil Deshmukh.
In an alleged extortion case, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was given a lookout notice on August 13. At the Kopari Police Station in Thane city Police Commissionerate, a complaint of suspected extortion was filed against Param Bir Singh on July 23. Parambir Singh was then charged with extortion for the second time.
On July 28, Mumbai Police created a seven-member Special Investigation Team, led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, to investigate the corruption allegations levelled against the former Mumbai Police Commissioner and five others accused in the case. Param Bir Singh had previously accused Deshmukh of “malpractices” in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and requested suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze to collect Rs 100 crores per month.
On May 11, a lawsuit was filed against the former Home Minister. After filing an FIR against Deshmukh in connection with the matter, the CBI conducted raids at four of his properties in April. Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (public servant receiving payment other than legitimate remuneration in connection with an official act) and criminal conspiracy were the basis for the FIR (IPC 120 B). Sources stated that the CBI discovered damning papers and digital devices during the searches.
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