New Delhi: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Maharashtra has asked former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh to appear before it next week to record his statement. Param Bir has to appear before CID in connection with two extortion cases registered against him and being probed by it, an official said on Saturday.
The CID has issued a notice to the senior IPS officer asking him to appear before it, he said.
Singh is most likely to appear before the CID at its office in Navi Mumbai’s Belapur on Monday and Tuesday, the official added.
The agency is investigating the extortion cases registered against Singh at the Marine Drive police station in south Mumbai and Kopri police station in Thane.
“As the CID wants to know Singh’s role in these cases, the agency has asked him to appear before them. It has also prepared a questionnaire.” the official said.
Earlier, the CID had arrested Police inspector Nandkumar Gopale and Asha Korke in connection with the Marine Drive case.
On his return from Chandigarh on Thursday, Singh had appeared before the Mumbai crime branch, while the next day he was questioned by the Thane police.
The IPS officer is facing at least five extortion cases in Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court has granted him temporary protection from arrest.
Param Bir Singh was declared a “proclaimed offender” last week by a magistrate’s court in Mumbai. The non-bailable warrant was issued in a case against Param Bir Singh registered at Goregaon police station on the complaint of builder-cum-hotelier Bimal Agrawal. Along with Param Bir Singh, the FIR also names dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze, and four others- Sumit Singh alias Chintu, Alpesh Patel, Vinay Singh alias Bablu, and Riyaz Bhati.
Another Complaint Against Param Bir
Former Assistant Police Commissioner Samsher Khan Pathan has levelled allegation on ex-cop Param Bir Singh of destroying mobile phone seized from 26/11 terror attacks convict Mohammed Ajmal Kasab. He alleged that “Param Bir Singh confiscated terrorist Kasab’s phone, ensuring that the phone never appeared during the investigation or trial.”
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