Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has asked suspended IPS officer ParamBir Singh to record his statement for the third time in connection with the “open investigation” launched against him on the complaint of Police Inspector Anoop Dange. summoned. A senior official gave this information on Thursday.
The former Mumbai police commissioner has been asked to appear before the state police’s anti-corruption agency on February 2, the official said. Singh was suspended by the Home Department last month after several cases of extortion were registered against him.
Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau sends third summon to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, asking him to appear before it on Feb 2 in a corruption case
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The official said that he was summoned earlier on January 10 and January 18 and on both the occasions he did not appear before the ACB. Singh’s counsel had sought more time for his appearance citing the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and pointed to a petition pending before the Supreme Court regarding the matter. Singh wants the cases registered against him by the police to be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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“In mid-January, an ACB team went to Singh’s Mumbai residence and served a notice to appear before the agency,” the official said. He told that the notice was received by his cook. The ACB is conducting an open inquiry against Singh on the complaint of Inspector Dange, who leveled corruption allegations against the former Mumbai police chief.
An ‘open inquiry’ into a corruption related complaint means that an investigating agency can call people to record statements, ask for certain documents and also ask for details of assets.