Mumbai, Mar 27 (UNI) The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday asked the NIA to probe the role of ex-Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh into alleged disappearance of a DVR from the city police commissionerate.
While addressing a press conference here, state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that when Mr Singh was the Mumbai commissioner of police (CoP), the police headquarters’ digital video recorder had gone missing.
“Surprisingly, its over 18 days but so far the National Investigation Agency has not bothered to even record the statements of any senior officers of the prime accused, arrested API Sachin Vaze… Who are they trying to protect…,” he said.
Mr Sawant pointed out how on March 10, the DVR of the CoP premises was officially collected by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, but a couple of hours later, the CoP’s office felt it was a mistake to hand over the DVR to the probe agency.
Some from Mr Singh’s office called up ATS chief Jai Jeet Singh, asking for the DVR, claiming its quality was poor, it would be rechecked and given back to the ATS later, and this aspect will come out in the NIA probe, the Congress leader said.
The DVR was taken by an official who was sent from the CoP’s office, but since then, the DVR has gone missing, and nobody is talking about it, he claimed.
“Why is the NIA still not going after this… In this DVR, the movements of the SUV Scorpio, and Innova were clearly visible and also Sachin Vaze and others were in contact with him. It's a crucial bit of evidence, but the NIA is doing nothing in the matter since nearly 3 weeks,” Mr Sawant said.
He had asked NIA to conduct a probe with Mr Singh so that truth will come out.
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