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{{Infobox police officer|image=|name=Param Bir Singh|other_names=|birth_date=|birth_place=|department=[[Maharashtra Police]]|service=|rank=[[File:Director General of Police.png|25px]] [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]]|awards=|education=|serviceyears=1988 - 2020}}
{{Infobox police officer|image=|name=Param Bir Singh|other_names=|birth_date=|birth_place=|department=[[Maharashtra Police]]|service=|rank=[[File:Director General of Police.png|25px]] [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]]|awards=|education=|serviceyears=1988 - 2020}}
'''Param Bir Singh''', a 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is the DG Home Guard. He was serving as the [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Police commissioner]] of [[Mumbai]], [[India]] but post the arrest of [[Sachin Vaze]] in the [[Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case]], Singh was transferred and posted as DG Home Guard. Param Bir Singh took over as [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Mumbai's police commissioner]] on 29 February 2020, succeeding [[Sanjay Barve]]. He was previously posted as the Director General (DG) of [[Anti Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra|Anti-Corruption Bureau]] (ACB) and was a former [[Thane]] Police Commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/param-bir-singh-appointed-as-new-mumbai-police-commissioner-2187663|title=Param Bir Singh Appointed As New Mumbai Police Commissioner|last=|first=|date=|website=NDTV|others=PTI|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>
'''Param Bir Singh''', a 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is the DG Home Guard. He was serving as the [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Police commissioner]] of [[Mumbai]], [[India]] but post the arrest of [[Sachin Vaze]] in the [[Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case]], Singh was transferred and posted as DG Home Guard. Param Bir Singh took over as [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Mumbai's police commissioner]] on 29 February 2020, succeeding [[Sanjay Barve]]. He was previously posted as the Director General (DG) of [[Anti Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra|Anti-Corruption Bureau]] (ACB) and was a former [[Thane]] Police Commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/param-bir-singh-appointed-as-new-mumbai-police-commissioner-2187663|title=Param Bir Singh Appointed As New Mumbai Police Commissioner|last=|first=|date=|website=NDTV|others=PTI|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>
After he was removed from his post of Mumbai Police Commissioner, Singh claimed in a detailed letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister, that Vaze was involved in a scheme to collect ₹100 crore from businesses in Mumbai per month as demanded by the Maharashtra home minister [[Anil Deshmukh]].<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/param-bir-singh-letter-maharashtra-cm-uddhav-thackeray-full-text-1781642-2021-03-20 Full text of ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh's sensational letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray, India Today,  March 20, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/anil-deshmukh-minister-in-eye-of-storm-7237706/  Anil Deshmukh: The rise and fall of Maharashtra’s unique statesman, Zeeshan Shaikh, Indian Express, March 21, 2021]</ref> Deshmukh's office denied the claim and stated that Param Bir Singh made false allegations against him to save himself from legal action.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-home-minister-anil-deshmukh-rubbishes-param-bir-singh-s-extortion-claims-101616248976454.html  Param Bir Singh alleges Deshmukh asked Vaze to extort ₹100 cr; minister denies, Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, MAR 20, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/maharashtra/former-mumbai-commissioner-parmbir-singh-letter-raised-several-questions-on-anil-deshmukh-587280.html क्या मनसुख हिरेन केस NIA के पास जाने से महाराष्ट्र की राजनीति में मची हलचल?, Shivangi Thakur, TV9,21 March 21]</ref>
Devendra Fadnavis claimed that Vaze and Param Bir Singh were just pawns in the hands of the current Maha Vikas Aghadi (a coalition of NCP, Shiv Sena and Indian National Congress) state government.<ref>[https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/fadnavis-mansukh-hiren-was-murdered-top-cops-buried-evidence-to-save-political-bosses-in-ambani-case/articleshow/81562049.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Fadnavis: Mansukh Hiren was murdered, top cops buried evidence, Mumbai Mirror, Mar 18, 2021]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 22:41, 22 March 2021


Param Bir Singh
Police career
DepartmentMaharashtra Police
Service years1988 - 2020
RankDirector General of Police.png Director General of Police

Param Bir Singh, a 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is the DG Home Guard. He was serving as the Police commissioner of Mumbai, India but post the arrest of Sachin Vaze in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case, Singh was transferred and posted as DG Home Guard. Param Bir Singh took over as Mumbai's police commissioner on 29 February 2020, succeeding Sanjay Barve. He was previously posted as the Director General (DG) of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and was a former Thane Police Commissioner.[1]

After he was removed from his post of Mumbai Police Commissioner, Singh claimed in a detailed letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister, that Vaze was involved in a scheme to collect ₹100 crore from businesses in Mumbai per month as demanded by the Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.[2][3] Deshmukh's office denied the claim and stated that Param Bir Singh made false allegations against him to save himself from legal action.[4][5] Devendra Fadnavis claimed that Vaze and Param Bir Singh were just pawns in the hands of the current Maha Vikas Aghadi (a coalition of NCP, Shiv Sena and Indian National Congress) state government.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Param Bir Singh Appointed As New Mumbai Police Commissioner". NDTV. PTI. Retrieved 2020-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Full text of ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh's sensational letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray, India Today, March 20, 2021
  3. ↑ Anil Deshmukh: The rise and fall of Maharashtra’s unique statesman, Zeeshan Shaikh, Indian Express, March 21, 2021
  4. ↑ Param Bir Singh alleges Deshmukh asked Vaze to extort ₹100 cr; minister denies, Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, MAR 20, 2021
  5. ↑ क्या मनसुख हिरेन केस NIA के पास जाने से महाराष्ट्र की राजनीति में मची हलचल?, Shivangi Thakur, TV9,21 March 21
  6. ↑ Fadnavis: Mansukh Hiren was murdered, top cops buried evidence, Mumbai Mirror, Mar 18, 2021


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