I Am In Chandigarh, Will Visit Mumbai Soon: Param Bir Singh

Mumbai : After being granted protection from arrest by Supreme Court, former city Police Chief Param Bir Singh stated that he is in Chandigarh and will visit Mumbai soon. His location revelation comes two days after SC granted him protection from arrest.

The IPS officer, who is facing four extortion cases in Maharashtra and has been declared an absconder by a court, told news channels that he was in Chandigarh and would soon decide his next course of action Singh on Wednesday evening also appeared on Telegram, but later deleted his account from the social messaging app. He also told TV channels that he would be visiting Mumbai soon.

Singh has not reported to work since May this year, after his transfer in March from the post of Mumbai police commissioner and his subsequent allegations of corruption against then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.

Meanwhile, the state law-enforcing agencies are not in a hurry to record his statement in the extortion cases registered against him in Mumbai and Thane in view of the Supreme Court order. The Supreme Court has asked Param Bir Singh to join the probe and has posted the hearing to December 6. We had a preliminary discussion on the SC order with legal experts. We are not in a hurry, we will not take any decision in haste. We do not want to invite the SC’s ire. Instead, we will wait till December 6 to seek clarification on the order a senior IPS officer told TOI.

The IPS officer said so far, four cases of extortion have been registered against Singh. In certain cases a non-bailable warrant too has been issued, while a court has declared him a proclaimed offender. “The Supreme Court has given a blanket order not to arrest him, therefore we will seek clarification from the apex court on December 6,” he added.