Mumbai: Maharashtra government has ordered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh with the main focus on how officers like suspended Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Waze, who was arrested by the NIA in the Mukesh Ambani security scare case, went rogue while working under Singh.
The PE has been ordered after the Mumbai Police submitted a report in connection with the security scare case to the state Home department, an official said on Saturday. The PE order was issued on April 1, he said. The PE will try to find out if there was any negligence on part of Singh in submitting a report on the probe of the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV found outside the south Mumbai residence of Mukesh Ambani on February 25, to the state government in the background of Assembly sessions (in some states).
The PE will also ascertain if there was any dereliction of duty and the violation of All India Service (Conduct) Rules by Singh in (not) controlling Waze who was working under him.
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Senior IPS officer Sanjay Pandey has been directed to conduct the PE. Pandey has been given the additional charge as the Director-General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra.
The home department had sought information on certain specific points in its letter to the Mumbai Police dated March 24 about the Ambani security scare case.
After the arrest of API Sachin Waze in this case, the involvement of personnel of the Mumbai Police Commissionerate was found in the conspiracy and Waze himself was the investigating officer of the case, the home department order said.
The PE will ascertain if Param Bir Singh had failed to control Waze, who headed the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU). Waze was arrested by the NIA on March 13. The probe will also focus on whether Singh failed to submit a report on the Ambani security scare incident dated February 25 to the state government on the background of the ongoing Assembly sessions (in some states), and if there is negligence.