Maharashtra govt drops bills in opposition to Param Bir Singh, suspension revoked

The Maharashtra authorities simply currently withdrew all bills in opposition to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. In an order dated May 10, 2023, the state authorities moreover annulled suspension orders issued in December 2021, stating that he should be considered on duty all through his suspension interval.

Maharashtra authorities drops all bills in opposition to former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh. The state authorities moreover quashed the suspension orders issued in December 2021 and talked about that he was on duty in the midst of the interval of suspension. pic.twitter.com/7ER4Vj21ZQ

— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2023

“The memorandum of charges dated 02/12/2021 issued against Shri. Param Bir Singh, IPS (Retd) under Rule 8 of All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 is being withdrawn and the said matter is being closed,” an order dated May 10 issued by Joint Secretary to Government, Venkatesh Bhat mentioned.

Regarding Param Bir Singh’s suspension, the order mentioned, “As per the provisions of the All India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules. 1958, the suspension of Shri. Param Bir Singh. IPS (Retd) is revoked by this order, and the period of suspension from 02/12/2021 to 30/06/2022 shall be treated as a period spent on duty for all purposes.”

Maharashtra govt drops all bills in opposition to former @MumbaiPolice commissioner Param Bir Singh and revokes suspension orders issued in December 2021 and orders the suspension interval to be dealt with on duty @IPS_Association @fpjindia pic.twitter.com/I40gwsKYmz

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It is notable that Singh retired in June last yr and the newest order will have an effect on the pension that he’ll receive as a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. 

There was a battle between Singh, the then-Mumbai Police Commissioner, and Anil Deshmukh, the then-state residence minister, correct after the Antilia bomb scare case, whereby explosives have been found open air the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.

Reacting the selection to drop all bills in opposition to Param Bir Singh, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis talked about, “CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal) gave a judgement under which Param Bir Singh’s departmental inquiry was declared wrong and ordered its closure. It labelled his suspension wrong & requested to take back the suspension order. According to that, this decision was taken”.

Param Bir Singh suspended for irregularities and lapses

In December 2021, Param Bir Singh, who was posted as a result of the DGP of the Maharashtra Home Guard on the time, was suspended by the Uddhav Thackeray-led earlier Maharashtra authorities.

Param Bir Singh was far from the submit of Mumbai Police Commissioner after the Antilia bomb scare case. He was then demoted and made the Director General of Maharashtra State Home Guard after he levelled corruption and extortion bills in opposition to former residence minister Anil Deshmukh.

Extortion bills have been filed in opposition to Param Bir Singh and 28 others, along with six law enforcement officials, in July 2021. They have been accused of extorting money from a builder named Shyam Sunder Agarwal. 

On the allegation of builder-turned-hotelier Bimal Agrawal, one different extortion case was filed in opposition to Bir Singh at Goregaon police station. Agarwal alleged that Param Bir Singh and suspended police officer Sachin Waze extorted him of cash and valuables totalling Rs 11 lakh.

Before the Antilia bomb scare case, Param Bir Singh was in controversy for naming Republic TV inside the TRP rip-off case when the FIR inside the case didn’t title the channel. Officials of the channel have been hounded by Mumbai police led by Singh in the meanwhile, nevertheless later the Maharashtra govt admitted in court docket docket that Republic TV won’t be named inside the FIR inside the TRP case. In December last yr, he was imposed a penalty of Rs 1500 by a court docket docket after he withdrew a defamation case in opposition to Arnab Goswami.

Last yr, Param Bir Singh had confirmed that the TRP case in opposition to Republic Media Network was a hoax and part of a deliberate conspiracy in opposition to Journalist Arnab Goswami. During an interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Singh moreover alleged that ex-Police Officer Sachin Vaze was taking instructions from the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh inside the TRP case along with totally different cases.

Under Param Bir Singh, Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami was moreover arrested beneath an earlier case that was already closed. It was found that former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Parambir Singh was harassing Goswami in a closed case. But later Param Bir Singh turned in opposition to Deshmukh, saying that tainted police officer Sachin Vaze was requested to assemble Rs 100 crores in extortion money every month by Deshmukh. He had moreover revealed that Arnab Goswami was deliberately centered in an earlier case related to the abetment of suicide beneath explicit orders from the MVA authorities.

Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze are going by way of quite a few authorized bills inside the Antilla bomb scare case, Mansukh Hiren murder case and totally different cases.