Thane, Oct 28 (UNI) A court here has issued a non-bailable warrant against former Thane and Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh in a case of extortion registered with the city police station.
The NBW was issued by Chief Judicial Magistrate R J Tamble on Oct 26.
The Magistrate has directed the Thane Nagar police to arrest the said accused, against whom the offence under sections 384, 386, 387, 389, 392, 324, 506, 506(2), 166, 109, 120b of Indian Penal Code and under sections 3, 25 of Arms Act has been been registered, and produce him before the court.
The Thane police have already initiated the process of lookout notice against Singh, who has been absconding for long.
The Thane police registered another case of alleged extortion against IPS officer and former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh and six other police officers in July.
The Thane Nagar police has registered the first information report against total 29 persons, including Singh, retired `encounter specialist' police officer Pradeep Sharma, deputy commissioner of police Deepak Devraj, assistant commissioner of police N T Kadam and inspector Rajkumar Kothmire, along with two more junior-level officers.
The case was registered under IPC sections 324 (assault), 384 (extortion), 392 (robbery) and 506 (criminal intimidation), besides the Arms Act, on the complaint filed by Ketan Tanna (54), a city-based builder.
Tanna alleged that when Singh was Thane police commissioner between January 2018 and 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 in serious criminal cases.
They also extorted over Rs three crore from his friend and alleged bookie, Sonu Jalan, in the same way, he alleged.
The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is already probing another complaint of alleged extortion filed by Jalan against Singh.
Singh was shunted out from the post of Mumbai police chief in March this year in aftermath of the discovery of an SUV (sports utility vehicle) laden with explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in south Mumbai.
Singh later accused then state Home minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption.
Two other extortion cases were filed against the IPS officer earlier this month, based on a complaint filed by another builder.
Singh is also facing inquiry by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau and a case filed by a police officer from Akola against him under the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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