Param Bir Singh appears before Thane police to join probe in extortion case
Mumbai Nov 26 PTI Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Friday appeared before the police officials in neighbouring Thane in connection with the investigation into an extortion case registered against him there sources said Singh reached the Thane Nagar police station along with his lawyer around 1030 am they said The probe team is likely to record his statement the sources said adding that zonal DCP Avinash Ambure was present at the police station The extortion case against Singh and 28 others including six police officers was registered by the Thane police on the basis of a complaint lodged by builder Ketan Tanna in July this year A non-bailable warrant was issued against Singh in the case Singh who was recently declared an absconder by a court arrived in Mumbai on Thursday after remaining incommunicado for several months After his arrival he was questioned for seven hours by the Mumbai polices crime branch in a separate extortion case Singh is facing a total of five extortion cases in Maharashtra He had been shunted out as Mumbais top cop earlier this year after police officer Sachin Waze was arrested in the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house Antilia and the subsequent suspicious death of businessman Mansukh Hiran The Supreme Court granted Singh protection from arrest a few days ago PTI DC NP NP
Mumbai Nov 26 PTI Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Friday appeared before the police officials in neighbouring Thane in connection with the investigation into an extortion case registered against him there sources said Singh reached the Thane Nagar police station along with his lawyer around 1030 am they said The probe team is likely to record his statement the sources said adding that zonal DCP Avinash Ambure was present at the police station The extortion case against Singh and 28 others including six police officers was registered by the Thane police on the basis of a complaint lodged by builder Ketan Tanna in July this year A non-bailable warrant was issued against Singh in the case Singh who was recently declared an absconder by a court arrived in Mumbai on Thursday after remaining incommunicado for several months After his arrival he was questioned for seven hours by the Mumbai polices crime branch in a separate extortion case Singh is facing a total of five extortion cases in Maharashtra He had been shunted out as Mumbais top cop earlier this year after police officer Sachin Waze was arrested in the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house Antilia and the subsequent suspicious death of businessman Mansukh Hiran The Supreme Court granted Singh protection from arrest a few days ago PTI DC NP NP
