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{{short description|Police commissioner of Mumbai}} | {{short description|Police commissioner of Mumbai}} | ||
{{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''' | '''Param Bir Singh''' is a 1988 batch [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer who served as [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]], from 29 February 2020 until his removal on 18 March 2021.<ref name="indianexpress-removal">{{cite news |title=Ambani home bomb scare, Waze mess fallout: Mumbai Police Commissioner is shunted out |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mumbai-police-commissioner-mukesh-ambani-sachin-waze-7233247/ |access-date=19 March 2021 |work=The Indian Express |agency=Express News Service |date=18 March 2021}}</ref> Param Bir Singh succeeded [[Sanjay Barve]] as police commissioner. He was previously posted as the Director General (DG) of the [[Anti Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra|Anti-Corruption Bureau]] (ACB). He is a former Police Commissioner of [[Thane]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|others=PTI|title=Param Bir Singh Appointed As New Mumbai Police Commissioner|url=https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/param-bir-singh-appointed-as-new-mumbai-police-commissioner-2187663|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-05|website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Param Bir Singh new Mumbai Police Commissioner|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/param-bir-singh-new-mumbai-police-commissioner/articleshow/74412995.cms|access-date=2020-10-11}}</ref> The [[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra government]] removed Singh as commissioner on 18 March 2021 in the aftermath of a security incident in which sticks of [[gelignite]] were discovered outside of [[Antilia (building)|Antilia]], the home of business tycoon [[Mukesh Ambani]].<ref name="indianexpress-removal" />Param Bir was succeeded by Hemant Nagrale as [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Police Commissioner of Mumbai.]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=‘Challenging phase’: Hemant Nagrale takes charge as Mumbai Police commissioner|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/challenging-phase-hemant-nagrale-takes-charge-as-mumbai-police-commissioner-101615991865274.html|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</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> | 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> | ||