Mumbai Ex-Police Chief Param Bir Singh, Declared 'Absconding', Reappears. Joins Extortion Case Probe

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner on Monday told the Supreme Court that he is very much in the country and he is not absconding, the top court granted him interim protection from arrest.

Param Bir Singh | File Photo

New Delhi: Former Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh, who was declared absconding by a Mumbai court appeared at the Crime Branch office on Thursday morning, after he said on Wednesday that he was in Chandigarh and would visit Mumbai soon.

“I will join the investigation as directed by the court,” Singh told media on arrival, reported PTI. 

The IPS officer, who is facing several extortion cases in Maharashtra, had told news channels on Wednesday that he was in Chandigarh. Six cases of corruption and extortion were filed against Singh after he wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray levelling corruption and misconduct against the then Home Minister and senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh.

Singh flew in from Chandigarh, the official said. “He has come to join the investigation with the orders of the court and will cooperate in the investigation,” he added.

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

Param Bir Singh was removed from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner on March 17 and was made the General Commander of Maharashtra State Home Guard after he levelled allegations against Deshmukh.

He was transferred after Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze was arrested in the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house 'Antilia' and the subsequent suspicious death of businessman Mansukh Hiran.