Mumbai Nov 25 PTI Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh declared an absconder by a court arrived in the city on Thursday and was questioned by crime branch officials in an extortion case registered against himSingh who flew in here from Chandigarh arrived at the office of the unit 11 of the Mumbai polices crime branch in Kandivali after 11 amHe left at around 615 in the evening seven hours later The IPS officer who is still Director General of Home Guards in Maharashtra arrived and left in an official carThe crime branch questioned him in connection with an alleged extortion case registered at Goregaon police station in the city officials saidAs per the orders of the Supreme Court I joined the investigation today Singh said outside his official residence in Malabar Hill area later in the eveningMany top police officials live in the same buildingI have cooperated with the investigationI have full faith in the court and all further process will be as per the orders of the court only he told waiting mediapersonsHe cooperated with the probe and replied to all our questions We have issued him a notice stating that he should appear again whenever required a senior police official told PTISinghs lawyer Rajendra Mokashi said the IPS officer appeared as per the courts order and was cooperating with the probeBuilder-hotelier Bimal Agrawal has registered a case at suburban Goregaon police station accusing Singh and some other police officials of extorting money from him by threatening to frame him in a false caseSingh is facing a total of five extortion cases in MaharashtraAs summons issued to him went unanswered a court here had earlier this month declared the IPS officer a proclaimed offenderAfter disappearing from public view since May this year Singh had told news channels on Wednesday that he was in ChandigarhHe has not reported to work since May following his transfer from the post of Mumbai police commissioner and his subsequent allegations of corruption against then Maharashtra home minister Anil DeshmukhSingh had been shunted out 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 VT KRK KRK

Mumbai Nov 25 PTI Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh declared an absconder by a court arrived in the city on Thursday and was questioned by crime branch officials in an extortion case registered against him Singh who flew in here from Chandigarh arrived at the office of the unit 11 of the Mumbai polices crime branch in Kandivali after 11 am He left at around 615 in the evening seven hours later The IPS officer who is still Director General of Home Guard in Maharashtra arrived and left in an official car The crime branch questioned him in connection with an alleged extortion case registered at Goregaon police station in the city a senior official said He cooperated with the probe and replied to all our questions We have issued him a notice stating that he should appear again whenever required the official told PTI Singhs lawyer Rajendra Mokashi said the IPS officer appeared as per the courts order and was cooperating with the probe Builder-hotelier Bimal Agrawal has registered a case at suburban Goregaon police station accusing Singh and some other police officials of extorting money from him by threatening to frame him in a false case Singh is facing a total of five extortion cases in Maharashtra As summons issued to him went unanswered a court here had earlier this month declared the IPS officer a proclaimed offender After disappearing from public view since May this year Singh had told news channels on Wednesday that he was in Chandigarh He has not reported to work since May following his transfer from the post of Mumbai police commissioner and his subsequent allegations of corruption against then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh Singh had been shunted out 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 agoPTI DC VT KRK KRK