Mumbai: The Maharashtra Home Department has ordered an inquiry against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in reference to the allegations of corruption levelled against him by an inspector, sources mentioned on Thursday.
As per the orders, Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey has been requested to probe the allegations against Singh, they mentioned.
The allegations had been made by police inspector Anup Dange, who was suspended final yr and reinstated within the power not too long ago.
As per Dange’s claims, Singh had demanded Rs two crore from him to revoke his suspension. The inspector had written a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) about Singh’s demand.
Singh had, nonetheless, denied the allegations levelled by the inspector.
Based on the criticism, the house division ordered an inquiry into the charges against Singh, the sources mentioned.
Maharashtra DGP was not obtainable for his remark on the problem.
This is a second inquiry that the state government has ordered against Singh.
The house division had earlier requested the DGP to conduct an inquiry against Singh for alleged dereliction of obligation in reference to the probe into the restoration of an explosives-laden automobile close to industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai on February 25.
Param Bir Singh, who was underneath flak for the dealing with of the case, was unceremoniously transferred from the distinguished submit of Mumbai police chief on March 17.
On March 20, Singh had written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray alleging that the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had indulged in “malpractices” and requested suspended police officer Sachin Waze to gather Rs 100 crore each month from bars and inns.
Deshmukh later resigned as a minister after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI probe into the allegations made by Singh.
