Param Bir Singh was transferred to the Residence Guard this week.
Mumbai:
Param Bir Singh, changed as Mumbai Police Commissioner over “unforgivable” lapses within the Mukesh Ambani safety scare probe this week, delivered a counterblow of gorgeous proportions on Saturday, accusing Maharashtra Residence Minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption and interference in police work. The explosive accusations – summarily denied by Mr Deshmukh – prompted fast calls by the opposition for his resignation.
In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray titled “untruthful statements by the Hon’ble Residence Minister, Maharashtra”, Mr Singh stated the minister had appointed a number of of his officers – together with Sachin Waze who has been arrested within the Mukesh Ambani case – for working an extortion racket.
He stated the Residence Minister had requested a number of of his officers to gather cash from eating places, pubs, bars and hookah parlours, setting them a goal of Rs 100 crore each month as just lately as February this yr.
The previous police chief additionally stated that the Residence Minister had on a number of events instructed cops on how you can deal with circumstances and file expenses, usually summoning them to his house to “bypass” him and different seniors.
Mr Singh wrote how at one of many briefings at Mr Thackeray’s house following the Mukesh Ambani incident in mid-March, he had “identified a number of misdeeds and malpractices being indulged into by the Hon’ble Residence Minister”.
“I’ve equally briefed the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra, the President of the Nationalist Congress Social gathering, Shri Sharad Pawar and different senior Ministers additionally concerning the misdeeds and malpractices. On my briefings, I seen that a number of the Ministers had been already aware of some features talked about by me,” he stated.
Mr Singh stated the Residence Minister had been “sad” with him for his resistance in submitting an abetment to suicide case within the dying of parliamentarian Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar in opposition to officers in Dadra and Nagar Haveli that might have earned him “political mileage”.
“I take full duty of my police power. Nevertheless, the situations of interference make it clear that the duty of wrongdoings could lie someplace else – on the door of the wrongdoers,” Mr Singh stated.
“On a collective appraisal of occasions which have transpired and what’s being identified by me makes it clear that I’ve been made a scapegoat to divert consideration from the precise wrongdoers,” he stated, including his switch was “for extraneous and vindictive causes”.
Denying the accusations on Twitter, the Home Minister wrote, “The previous Commissioner of Police, Parambir Singh has made false allegations so as to save himself because the involvement of Sachin Waze in Mukesh Ambani & Mansukh Hiren’s case is changing into clearer from the investigation carried out up to now & threads are resulting in Mr. Singh as nicely.”
Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP stated, “We demand Residence Minister’s resignation. If he would not, then Chief Minister should take away him. Neutral probe have to be carried out..Letter additionally states that Chief Minister was intimated about this earlier so why did not he act on it?”
Raj Thackeray of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena stated, “Mumbai’s former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh’s letter to the Chief Minister is explosive. That is so damaging for Maharashtra’s picture. The Residence Minister, Anil Deshmukh must submit his resignation instantly and a radical investigation too must be made.”
Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut declined to touch upon the difficulty, saying it was “a matter for the federal government to reply to”.
Param Bir Singh was transferred to the Residence Guard and Hemant Nagrale was appointed the brand new Mumbai police chief on Wednesday in a fallout of the investigations in opposition to police officer Sachin Waze arrested within the case of a automotive stuffed with explosives discovered close to the house of Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man.
The investigation was taken over by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) from the Mumbai Police after allegations emerged in opposition to Sachin Waze linked to the dying of a person believed to be the proprietor of the explosives-filled SUV.
In an interview with a Marathi newspaper Lokmat, Mr Deshmukh had said mistakes revealed in the probe could not be condoned, so Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray determined to take away Param Bir Singh within the curiosity of truthful investigations.
Even earlier than Mr Singh’s bombshell, the investigation had change into a huge embarrassment for the Maharashtra government, with the opposition BJP accusing Chief Minister Thackeray of defending Waze, a controversial cop who was as soon as a member of his Shiv Sena.
Right here is the complete textual content of Param Bir Singh’s letter:
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