The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh’s plea seeking probe into the allegations leveled by him against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
The former Commissioner has also urged the court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the report submitted by Rashmi Shukla. The report alleged wrongdoings in transfers and postings.
The ex-Mumbai top cop has also requested for the collection of CCTV footage of Anil Deshmukh’s residence in Mumbai to corroborate with the charges he has leveled.
Supreme Court to hear tomorrow, the plea of former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh, seeking CBI investigation in the alleged corrupt practices of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. In his plea, Singh has also challenged his transfer order.
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In a letter written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the ex-Commissioner had alleged that Anil Deshmukh met his subordinates, including arrested cop Sachin Vaze, in mid-February and asked them to collect Rs. 100 crores monthly. It includes Rs. 50 to Rs. 60 crores from bars and hotels in Mumbai.
However, Deshmukh has denied the accusation and has threatened to sue the cop for defamation.
In his petition, Param Bir Singh has called for “unbiased, uninfluenced, impartial and fair investigation in the various corrupt malpractices of Shri Anil Deshmukh, the Hon’ble Home Minister of Government of Maharashtra, before the evidences are destroyed”.
Param Bir Singh has also sought a stay on his transfer from the post of Mumbai police commissioner. He was transferred from the post of Mumbai police commissioner last week, in the midst of a probe by the NIA into the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV which was found parked outside the south Mumbai residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani last month.
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