Team News Riveting
Mumbai, December 4
The Crime Branch Unit XI of the Mumbai Police today filed charge sheet against the city’s former Commissioner Param Bir Singh and three others in connection with extortion calls made to a city builder-cum-hotelier.
This is a first charge sheet against Singh, who is facing multiple cases of extortion. Two days ago, the Maharashtra government had suspended Singh in connection with the charges of extortion.
Besides Param Bir Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 1988 batch, dismissed police officer Sachin Waze, Sumit Singh and Alpesh Patel have been named as accused in the 400 pages charge sheet filed before chief metropolitan magistrate S B Bhajipale. The accused were booked under Sections 384, 385, 388, 389, 201, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The complaint had been lodged by Bimal Agarwal, who alleged the accused extorted Rs 9 lakh from him for not conducting a raid on two bars and restaurants, which he ran in partnership, and also forced him to buy two smartphones worth around Rs 2.92 lakh for them.
The offence had taken place between January 2020 and March 2021, police had earlier said.
