Mumbai Nov 26 PTI Police in neighbouring Thane city on Friday recorded the statement of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in an extortion caseHe also appeared before a local court which cancelled a non-bailable warrant issued against himSingh reached the Thane Nagar police station along with his lawyer around 1030 am and was questioned for nearly seven hours officials aidZonal Deputy Commissioner of Police Avinash Ambure was present at the police station to supervise the probe sources saidA case of extortion was registered against Singh and 28 others at the police station on the complaint lodged by builder and alleged bookie Ketan Tanna in JulyAs per the complaint when Singh was Thane police commissioner between 2018 and 2019 he and other accused extorted Rs 125 crore from Tanna and Rs 3 crore from Tannas friend Sonu JalanApart from Singh retired inspector Pradeep Sharma inspector Rajkumar Kothmire and DCP Deepak Devraj are among the accusedTwo accused have been arrested in the case so far with one of them getting bail two days agoSingh is facing a total of five extortion cases in Maharashtra two of them in Thane The Thane police have formed a special investigation team SIT to probe these two extortion casesSingh who was recently declared an absconder by a court arrived in Mumbai on Thursday after remaining untraceable for over six monthsHe was questioned by the Mumbai polices crime branch in another extortion case on ThursdayHe had been shunted out as Mumbais top cop earlier this year after the Antilia bomb scare caseThe Supreme Court granted Singh protection from arrest a few days agoSinghs lawyer Rajendra Mokashi said he remained present before the Thane court on Friday in between his questioning by police and the warrant issued against him for non-appearance earlier was cancelledHe also provided a surety of Rs 15000 the lawyer said PTI DC COR NP KRK KRK

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 to supervise the probe The Thane Nagar police had registered the case of extortion against Singh and others based on a complaint lodged by builder and bookie Ketan Tanna 54 in July this year In the complaint Tanna alleged that when Singh was the police commissioner of Thane between 2018 and 2019 he and other accused had extorted Rs 125 crore from him and that he was also threatened of dire consequences As per the complaint the accused had also extorted Rs 3 crore from Tannas friend Sonu Jalan in a similar manner A non-bailable warrant was issued against Singh in connection with this case Apart from Singh retired inspector Pradeep Sharma inspector Rajkumar Kothmire and DCP Deepak Devraj are some of the accused in the case Two accused have been arrested in the case so far with one of them was getting bail by a court a couple of days back Singh is facing a total of five extortion cases in Maharashtra two of them in Thane The Thane police have formed a special investigation team SIT to probe these two extortion cases 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 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 COR NP NP