Maharashtra government chairs high-level meeting on absconding Param Bir Singh, suspension process on
- In Reports
- 08:07 PM, Nov 25, 2021
- Myind Staff
The Maharashtra government is chairing a high-level meeting regarding further action to be taken against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
According to sources, the meeting which is underway at the Sahyadri Guest House, is chaired by Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and is also attended by Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale.
Sources have informed Republic Media Network that the Maharashtra government is mulling a tough action against Param Bir Singh and is also examining technical and legal options.
Sources have also told Republic that the process to suspend Param Bir Singh is still on. While the final decision of Param Bir's suspension, as per sources, lies in the hands of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the Maharashtra government has asked him to go and resume his work as the Director General of Home Guard, "if he wants to co-operate."
The grounds of Param Bir Singh's suspension are:-
- As per sources, firstly, the former Mumbai Commissioner of Police, Param Bir Singh has not showed up in the past six months after being appointed to the office of the DG of Maharashtra Home Guard. The official leave that was granted to him on health grounds was over on August 29, even after which he failed to report to duty for 88 days. Apart from this, even after landing in Mumbai, he failed to inform the authorities about his arrival.
- Param Bir Singh has broken all Civil Services Rules.
- Param Bir Singh has been named in five extortion cases.
Earlier today, Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil expressed his shock at former Param Bir Singh's remarks that his life is under threat from the Mumbai Police. Speaking to ANI, Dilip Walse Patil has questioned that how can Param Bir Singh be scared of the same police force that he once headed.
"It’s shocking that a person who has served as a Police Commissioner of Mumbai and Thane and has spent his life as a part of the police force in Maharashtra feels threatened. If he feels threatened, then we can look into it if he tells us. We don't know where he is," said Dilip Walse Patil.
The former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh who was missing since months landed in Mumbai on Thursday after being traced in Chandigarh. After he landed, reached the office of Crime Branch Unit 11 in Kandivali to join the investigation in Goregaon alleged extortion case.
Speaking to The Indian Express over phone, Param Bir’s brother Manbir Singh Bhadana said, “He was very much with us for the last few days. He stayed with us and left for Mumbai on a GoFirst flight at 8 am today (Thursday) morning and landed in Mumbai at 10:30 am. He has reached Mumbai.”
About Param Bir’s places of stay over the last few months, Bhadana added, “He was with us and also several places close by with people known to him. Wherever he was is past and now, he has reached back.”
Image courtesy: Republic World
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