Bailable Warrant Against Ex-Mumbai Police Chief Param Bir Singh Cancelled By Chandiwal Commission

The Commission is investigating corruption allegations levelled by Param Bir Singh against former Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh.

Param Bir Singh | ANI

New Delhi: The Chandiwal Commission cancelled a bailable warrant against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in connection with corruption allegations against former Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh.

He appeared before Chandiwal Commission earlier today in Mumbai. The Commission is investigating corruption allegations levelled by the former top cop against Anil Deshmukh.

Following Singh's appearance, the Justice K U Chandiwal Commission cancelled the bailable warrant issued against him and asked him to deposit Rs 15,000 in the chief minister's relief fund, PTI report. The one-member commission was formed in March this year to probe the allegations levelled by Singh against the then home minister and NCP leader Deshmukh.

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, through his lawyers, filed an affidavit before the Chandiwal Commission stating that neither does he have any evidence to produce before the Commission nor does he want to cross-examine any witness in the case.

Singh had accused Deshmukh of making police officers collect Rs 100 crore a month from bars and restaurants in the city. He was declared "absconding" by a Mumbai court but then appeared before the Mumbai crime branch to record his statement on November 25. After the Antilia bomb scare episode, Singh was transferred from the post of Mumbai police commissioner in March.

The Supreme Court has granted him temporary protection from arrest.

Singh appeared before Thane police on Friday in connection with an extortion case filed against him and some other police officials on the complaint of a local builder.

The IPS officer is facing at least five extortion cases in Maharashtra.