Param Bir Singh reaches Supreme Court; demands CBI Probe

New Delhi: Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, calling the transfer in his own homeguard department illegal.

Along with this, in his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, he has also demanded a CBI inquiry into the allegations made on the state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

Param Bir Singh demands CBI Probe:

Significantly, Singh was transferred on 17 March by the Maharashtra government after criticism over the case of explosive material found in a vehicle in the posh area of ​​South Mumbai and in place of him, senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale was appointed Commissioner of Mumbai Police did. NIA is investigating the case of vehicles loaded with explosives.

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Param Bir Singh's letter Controversy:

Mumbai's former police chief Param Bir Singh wrote a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Claiming that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had asked the police officers to make a monthly recovery of Rs 100 crore.

In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Singh said that Deshmukh had told police officer Sachin Waje. That he had set a target to recover Rs 100 crore every month from bars, restaurants and similar establishments. Half of this amount is to recover from 1,750 bars running in the city, restaurants and other such establishments. After this letter, there was a political storm in the state. Deshmukh has denied these allegations.

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On the other hand, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. He said on March 20 that he would file a defamation case against former Parambir Singh. As Mumbai Police Commissioner made allegations of corruption.

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