SIT to probe extortion case against former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh
India TV NewsThane Police on Sunday formed a Special Investigation Team to probe an alleged extortion case against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh and 27 others. The other accused named in the First Information Report include deputy commissioner of police Deepak Deoraj, assistant commissioner of police NT Kadam, former police officer Pradeep Sharma, inspector Rajkumar Kothmire, jailed gangster Ravi Pujari and a city-based journalist. Tanna alleged that when Singh was Thane police commissioner between January 2018 to February 2019, the accused extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by summoning him to the office of the Anti-Extortion Cell and threatening to frame him up in serious criminal cases. The IPS officer subsequently accused then state home minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption ALSO READ | Maha govt gives nod to ACB for open inquiry into corruption charges against Param Bir Singh