Mumbai city’s former Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh on Thursday moved the Bombay High Court challenging the two preliminary enquiries ordered against him by the Maharashtra government. The former top cop has claimed that these enquiries are nothing but tactics of the government to silence him.
In his plea, mentioned before a bench led by Justice Sambhaji Shinde on Thursday evening, Singh has alleged that the director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey, in his recent meeting with Singh, advised him to withdraw his “letter” against state’s former home minister and senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh.
According to Singh, when he met Pandey on April 19, the DGP advised him to withdraw his letter, which would make weak the corruption case against Deshmukh. He claimed that Pandey told him that he cannot “fight the system” and that the state government was planning to file multiple fake cases against the ex top cop, for highlighting the alleged corrupt activities of Deshmukh.
To substantiate his contentions, Singh has claimed to have recorded the entire meeting with Pandey and has submitted a transcript of the same to the CBI and also the court.
Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi for Singh, told the bench, which also comprised of Justice Manish Pitale that his client is being targeted with ulterior motives. He said that his client has been subjected to these enquiries only because he had written a complaint letter to the state highlighting the corruption of Deshmukh, while in office as the home minister.
Singh has challenged the validity of April 1 and April 20 orders passed by Deshmukh (while in office) and Dilip Walse-Patil, the new home minister, respectively, ordering fresh probe against him. He claimed that the orders are illegal and arbitrary.
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