Maharashtra govt initiates procedure to declare ex-Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh as absconder
Op IndiaMaharashtra government has decided to seek the help of the Central agencies to locate former Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh. Param Bir was removed from his Mumbai Police Commissioner post in March, after which he wrote a letter to chief minister Thackeray where he made serious corruption charges against state home minister Anil Deshmukh. The Maharashtra government further told the Bombay High Court that since the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh facing police probe is missing, the Maharashtra police is under no obligations to extend ‘no coercive action’ assurance to him. The former Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh is wanted in several ongoing cases under investigation including the Antilia Bomb scare, Mansukh Hiren murder case, and the Mumbai police extortion case.