Mumbai: Another extortion case has been registered by former Mumbai Police Commissioner (CP) Param Bir Singh. This is the fourth case of extortion against Singh overall and second in Mumbai.
Five others, including suspended police officer Sachin Waze, are also named in the FIR, which was registered based on the complaint lodged by businessman Bimal Agarwal at the Goregaon Police station. The other accused are Sumit Singh alias Chintu, Alpesh Patel, Vinay Singh alias Bablu and Riyaz Bhati. They have been booked under IPC sections 384 and 385 (extortion), and 34 (common intention) on Friday.
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On July 23, a case of extortion was registered against Param Bir Singh at Kopari Police Station in Thane City Police Commissionerate. The Enforcement Directorate had previously summoned the former Mumbai Police Commissioner to record a statement in connection with the Rs 100 crore money laundering case against ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Singh, on July 12, sought more time from the ED to appear before it ahead of his summons citing health reasons.
Singh, in his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, had alleged that Deshmukh had indulged in "malpractices" and asked for suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze to collect Rs 100 crore every month.
Waze was arrested in March in connection with the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) probe into the case of recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near Mukesh Ambani's house in Mumbai and the subsequent murder of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran. The case against the former home minister was registered on May 11.
With inputs from ANI
