Mumbai: A builder who has filed an extortion complaint against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, has told the investigators that during his meeting in March this year with his former business partner and close aide of Singh, he had heard him saying that the NIA will investigate four to five Maharashtra ministers and the state government would be toppled soon, a police official said.
Mumbai police have registered an FIR against Singh for allegedly demanding Rs 15 crore from the builder Shyamsundar Agrawal. The case was registered at the Marine Drive police station in south Mumbai on Wednesday. Agrawal's former partner Sanjay Punamia (55) and his associate Sunil Jain (45) have been arrested in the case. On the basis of Agrawal's complaint, police have registered a case of extortion against Param Bir Singh. As per his complaint, after their partnership ended due to disputes in 2011, Punamia had filed at least 18 cases of alleged extortion and cheating against Agrawal.
In his statement to police, Agarwal said that, on March 23 and March 30 this year, he met Punamia for settlement. This meeting was tape-recorded by Agrawal and it forms the basis of the FIR against Singh and others. Agrawal told the police that during the meeting, Punamia got calls on his phone from Param Bir Singh, DCP Akbar Pathan and other officers.