Mumbai (31.01.2024): The CBI has filed a closure report in one of the five criminal cases against former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh (IPS: 1988: MH). The closure report was presented before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thane on January 18, 2024 which says except oral statements by the complainant, Sharad Agarwal, there was no evidence to corroborate allegations.
The complainant has challenged the report in the Thane court, which has posted the matter for hearing on February 12. The case was filed in July 2021 when 18 criminal sections were invoked against Singh, Parag Manere and others. They were booked for allegedly extorting Rs 2 crore from a businessman as a payoff in a case involving violations of the Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act.
The complainant was the nephew of the businessman, Shyamsundar Agarwal, and Singh was then Thane police commissioner. He was shifted to Mumbai in February 2020 as commissioner by the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government. He was shunted out in March 2021 after his subordinate Sachin Vaze was linked to the discovery of a vehicle laden with explosives outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence.
CBI files closure report: Ex Mumbai police chief given clean chit
By IndianMandarins - 2024-01-31 18:34:00
Mumbai (31.01.2024): The CBI has filed a closure report in one of the five criminal cases against former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh (IPS: 1988: MH). The closure report was presented before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thane on January 18, 2024 which says except oral statements by the complainant, Sharad Agarwal, there was no evidence to corroborate allegations.
The complainant has challenged the report in the Thane court, which has posted the matter for hearing on February 12. The case was filed in July 2021 when 18 criminal sections were invoked against Singh, Parag Manere and others. They were booked for allegedly extorting Rs 2 crore from a businessman as a payoff in a case involving violations of the Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act.
The complainant was the nephew of the businessman, Shyamsundar Agarwal, and Singh was then Thane police commissioner. He was shifted to Mumbai in February 2020 as commissioner by the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government. He was shunted out in March 2021 after his subordinate Sachin Vaze was linked to the discovery of a vehicle laden with explosives outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence.
