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'''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 Waze in the [[Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case]] he was transferred to 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>
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== References ==
'''Param Bir Singh''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[police]] officer in the 1988 batch [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS). He is the Director General (DG) of Maharashtra Home Guard, and a former Police Commissioner of Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ex-mumbai-top-cop-param-bir-singh-takes-charge-as-dg-of-maharashtra-home-guard-1782181-2021-03-22| title=Ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh takes charge as DG of Maharashtra Home Guard| date=22 March 2021| access-date=7 November 2021| website=indiatoday.in}}</ref>
Following the filing of extortion cases against him, he was untraceable, and was declared as absconding by a Mumbai magistrate Court.<ref name="offender">https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/court-declares-param-bir-singh-a-proclaimed-offender-101637161194501.html</ref><ref name="absconder">https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbai-court-declares-ips-officer-param-bir-singh-proclaimed-offender-in-extortion-case/article37541337.ece {{Bare URL inline|date=November 2021}}</ref> Singh was suspended from his present position as head of home guard because of his absence by the government of Maharashtra.
 
==Early life==
Param Bir Singh was born in Chandigarh to Hoshyar Singh, who was a [[Civil Services of India|civil servant]]. In 1983, Param Bir completed MA in Sociology from Punjab University.<ref name="new">{{cite web| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/ncp-nixed-shiv-senas-choice-leaned-on-ally-to-pick-param-bir-singh-as-mumbai-police-commissioner/articleshow/74422043.cms| title=NCP nixed Shiv Sena's choice, leaned on ally to pick Param Bir Singh as Mumbai police commissioner {{!}} New police chief set to retire in 2022| author=Prafulla Marpakwar {{!}} Uma Kadam| date=1 March 2020| access-date=11 November 2021| website=indiatimes.com}}</ref>
 
==Career==
His previous posts include [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]], Director General (DG) of the [[Anti Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra|Anti-Corruption Bureau]] (ACB), Police Commissioner of [[Thane]],<ref>{{Cite web|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> Superintendent of Police in Chandrapur and Bhandara, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection) in Mumbai, Additional Commissioner of Police in North-West Region in Mumbai, Additional Commissioner of Police in [[Anti-Terrorism Squad]], and Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order).<ref name="deccan">{{cite web| url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/from-trp-scam-to-sushant-singh-rajput-death-param-bir-singh-handled-several-important-cases-964694.html| title=From TRP scam to Sushant Singh Rajput death, Param Bir Singh handled several important cases| date=21 March 2021| author=Mrityunjay Bose| access-date=8 November 2021w| website=deccanherald.com}}</ref>
 
He was the Additional Commisioner of the ATS, when the ATS investigated the [[2008 Malegaon blasts]] case, and arrested the prime accused [[Sadhvi Pragya]] and Lt. Col. [[Prasad Shrikant Purohit|Prasad Purohit]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/the-rise-and-fall-of-param-bir-singh-1780479-2021-03-17| title=The rise and fall of Param Bir Singh| author=Kiran Tare| date=17 March 2021| access-date=9 November 2021| website=indiatoday.in}}</ref><ref name="new"/>
As ACP, he countered the terrorists in [[Oberoi Trident]] during the [[26/11 Mumbai terror attacks]] of 2008.<ref name="deccan"/>
 
As Police Commissioner of Thane, he busted the fake international call centre racket at [[Mira Road]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/thane-call-centre-racket-claims-life-of-us-woman/articleshow/54751953.cms| title=Thane call centre racket claims life of US woman| date=8 October 2016| access-date=9 November 2021| website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> in which 6,500 US nationals were cheated.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/call-centre-racket-fbi-officials-arrive-in-thane-to-probe-fraud/story-dkJ0iYODNhfl5fhE8n5YgN.html| title=Call centre racket: FBI officials arrive in Thane to probe fraud| date=14 October 2016| author=Arvind Walmiki| access-date=9 November 2021| website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref> 772 employees were taken into custody from three bogus call centres.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/thane-call-centre-racket-fbi-officer-meets-thane-cops/story-eQTQZmfBzhFtNvKRYh73aO.html| title=Call centre racket: FBI officer meets Thane cops| date=15 October 2016| access-date=9 November 2021| author=Arvind Walmiki| website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref>
 
Singh became Police Commissioner of Mumbai on 29 February 2020. He handled the cases of the [[TRP scam]] and the [[Arnab Goswami#Abetment of suicide case|Anvay Naik suicide]], related to news anchor [[Arnab Goswami]], and the [[death of Sushant Singh Rajput]].<ref name="deccan"/><ref>{{cite web| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/aiims-report-another-validation-that-we-were-right-all-along-police-commissioner-param-bir-singh-6705935/| title='AIIMS report another validation that we were right all along': Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh
| author=Mohamed Thaver| date=7 October 2020| access-date=8 November 2021| website=indianexpress.com}}</ref> On 18 March 2021, the [[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra government]] removed Singh as commissioner in the aftermath of a [[Antilia bomb scare|security incident]] in which a parked car containing sticks of gelignite was discovered outside of the home of businessman [[Mukesh Ambani]].<ref name="indianexpress-removal">{{cite news|date=18 March 2021|title=Ambani home bomb scare, Waze mess fallout: Mumbai Police Commissioner is shunted out|work=The Indian Express|agency=Express News Service|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mumbai-police-commissioner-mukesh-ambani-sachin-waze-7233247/|access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
 
On March 20, Singh in an eight-page letter to Chief Minister [[Uddhav Thackeray]] alleged that then Home Minister [[Anil Deshmukh]] had asked then Assistant Police Inspector [[Sachin Vaze|Sachin Waze]] (now dismissed and prime suspect of the [[Antilia bomb scare]]) to collect ₹100 Crore every month from businesses based in Mumbai. Deshmukh resigned in April,<ref>{{cite web| title=Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigns as Bombay High Court orders CBI probe into corruption charges| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra-home-minister-anil-deshmukh-resigns/article34243684.ece| author=Alok Deshpande| website=[[The Hindu]]| date=5 April 2021}}</ref> and was arrested in November by the [[Enforcement Directorate]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narayan|first1=Khushboo|date=2021|title=Anil Deshmukh arrested by ED in money laundering|work=The Indian Express|agency=Indian Express|issue=November 2, 2021|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/anil-deshmukh-appears-before-ed-7601849/|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
 
On 28 October, a court in Maharashtra’s Thane issued a non-bailable warrant against Singh in connection with a case of extortion.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/non-bailable-warrant-issued-against-former-mumbai-police-commissioner-param-bir-singh-in-extortion-case-1870705-2021-10-28 Non- bailable warrant against Param Bir Singh]</ref>
As per the Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, Singh went on leave from his post of DG Home Guards on May 5 citing ill health, and suggested he may have left the country.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/param-bir-singh-not-traceable-cant-give-statement-maharashtra-govt-hc-7581432/| title=Maharashtra tells HC can't trace Param Bir Singh, defence says not yet 'absconder'| date=21 October 2021| access-date=7 November 2021| authors=Varinder Bhatia, Yogesh Naik, Omkar Gokhale, Jayprakash S Naidu| website=indianexpress.com}}</ref>
The state [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID]] issued a lookout notice against Singh,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-govt-begins-process-to-declare-param-absconder/articleshow/87265750.cms| title=Maharashtra govt begins process to declare Param Bir Singh 'absconder'| date=26 October 2021| author=Priyanka Kakodkar| access-date=7 November 2021| website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> and
on November 17, the Mumbai Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court declared Singh a proclaimed offender, a first for a Mumbai police commissioner.<ref name="offender"/><ref name="absconder"/>
He was refused relief from arrest by the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] citing reasons that a relief from arrest cannot be granted unless and until the guilty party reveals their current location.<ref>{{Cite web|title='कहां छुपे हैं बताए बिना कोई सुनवाई नहीं', परमवीर सिंह की याचिका पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का सख्त रुख|url=https://www.aajtak.in/crime/police-and-intelligence/story/supreme-court-asked-former-bombay-police-chief-parambir-singh-are-you-in-the-country-or-outside-ntc-1358972-2021-11-18|access-date=2021-11-18|website=आज तक|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=MumbaiNovember 29|first1=Kamlesh Damodar Sutar|last2=November 29|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 15:02|title=Param Bir Singh faces suspension for violation of service rules, action likely in a week: Sources|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/param-bir-singh-faces-suspension-violation-of-service-rules-1882103-2021-11-29|access-date=2021-11-29|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
Singh was suspended, and the state government initiated disciplinary action against him over lapses and irregularities including unauthorized abscence, as Singh failed to return to duty after his leave on health grounds lapsed on July 29.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/former-mumbai-top-cop-param-bir-singh-suspended-7652707/| title=Former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh suspended| date=3 December 2021| author=Yogesh Naik| access-date=5 December 2021| website=indianexpress.com}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Singh is married to Savita Singh who is a law graduate and a director and partner in multiple companies.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/savita-singh-quits-lic-housing-finance/article33058264.ece| title=Savita Singh quits LIC Housing Finance| date=9 November 2020| access-date=9 November 2021| website=thehindubusinessline.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://timesnewsnow.com/savita-wife-of-mumbai-police-commissioner-director-in-7-companies/| title=Savita, wife of Mumbai Police Commissioner, Director in 7 companies| date=11 October 2020| access-date=9 November 2021| website=timesnewsnow.com}}</ref>
Their son, Rohan Singh, is a businessman.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/the-informer/what-a-player/articleshow/61970227.cms| title=A quiet engagement| date=8 December 2017| access-date=9 November 2021| website=bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref name="new"/>
 
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Param Bir Singh is an Indian police officer in the 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS). He is the Director General (DG) of Maharashtra Home Guard, and a former Police Commissioner of Mumbai.[1] Following the filing of extortion cases against him, he was untraceable, and was declared as absconding by a Mumbai magistrate Court.[2][3] Singh was suspended from his present position as head of home guard because of his absence by the government of Maharashtra.

Param Bir Singh
Nationality India
OccupationPolice Officer
OrganizationMumbai Police
Param Bir Singh
Police career
DepartmentMaharashtra Police
Service years1988–2020
RankDirector General of Police.png Director General of Police

Early lifeEdit

Param Bir Singh was born in Chandigarh to Hoshyar Singh, who was a civil servant. In 1983, Param Bir completed MA in Sociology from Punjab University.[4]

CareerEdit

His previous posts include Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Director General (DG) of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Police Commissioner of Thane,[5][6] Superintendent of Police in Chandrapur and Bhandara, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection) in Mumbai, Additional Commissioner of Police in North-West Region in Mumbai, Additional Commissioner of Police in Anti-Terrorism Squad, and Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order).[7]

He was the Additional Commisioner of the ATS, when the ATS investigated the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, and arrested the prime accused Sadhvi Pragya and Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit.[8][4] As ACP, he countered the terrorists in Oberoi Trident during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks of 2008.[7]

As Police Commissioner of Thane, he busted the fake international call centre racket at Mira Road[9] in which 6,500 US nationals were cheated.[10] 772 employees were taken into custody from three bogus call centres.[11]

Singh became Police Commissioner of Mumbai on 29 February 2020. He handled the cases of the TRP scam and the Anvay Naik suicide, related to news anchor Arnab Goswami, and the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.[7][12] On 18 March 2021, the Maharashtra government removed Singh as commissioner in the aftermath of a security incident in which a parked car containing sticks of gelignite was discovered outside of the home of businessman Mukesh Ambani.[13]

On March 20, Singh in an eight-page letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray alleged that then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had asked then Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze (now dismissed and prime suspect of the Antilia bomb scare) to collect ₹100 Crore every month from businesses based in Mumbai. Deshmukh resigned in April,[14] and was arrested in November by the Enforcement Directorate.[15]

On 28 October, a court in Maharashtra’s Thane issued a non-bailable warrant against Singh in connection with a case of extortion.[16] As per the Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, Singh went on leave from his post of DG Home Guards on May 5 citing ill health, and suggested he may have left the country.[17] The state CID issued a lookout notice against Singh,[18] and on November 17, the Mumbai Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court declared Singh a proclaimed offender, a first for a Mumbai police commissioner.[2][3] He was refused relief from arrest by the Supreme Court citing reasons that a relief from arrest cannot be granted unless and until the guilty party reveals their current location.[19][20] Singh was suspended, and the state government initiated disciplinary action against him over lapses and irregularities including unauthorized abscence, as Singh failed to return to duty after his leave on health grounds lapsed on July 29.[21]

Personal lifeEdit

Singh is married to Savita Singh who is a law graduate and a director and partner in multiple companies.[22][23] Their son, Rohan Singh, is a businessman.[24][4]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh takes charge as DG of Maharashtra Home Guard". indiatoday.in. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/court-declares-param-bir-singh-a-proclaimed-offender-101637161194501.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbai-court-declares-ips-officer-param-bir-singh-proclaimed-offender-in-extortion-case/article37541337.ece [bare URL]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Prafulla Marpakwar | Uma Kadam (1 March 2020). "NCP nixed Shiv Sena's choice, leaned on ally to pick Param Bir Singh as Mumbai police commissioner | New police chief set to retire in 2022". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Param Bir Singh Appointed As New Mumbai Police Commissioner". NDTV. PTI. Retrieved 5 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Param Bir Singh new Mumbai Police Commissioner". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Mrityunjay Bose (21 March 2021). "From TRP scam to Sushant Singh Rajput death, Param Bir Singh handled several important cases". deccanherald.com. Retrieved 8 November 2021w. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ↑ Kiran Tare (17 March 2021). "The rise and fall of Param Bir Singh". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Thane call centre racket claims life of US woman". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Arvind Walmiki (14 October 2016). "Call centre racket: FBI officials arrive in Thane to probe fraud". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Arvind Walmiki (15 October 2016). "Call centre racket: FBI officer meets Thane cops". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Mohamed Thaver (7 October 2020). "'AIIMS report another validation that we were right all along': Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ambani home bomb scare, Waze mess fallout: Mumbai Police Commissioner is shunted out". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ↑ Alok Deshpande (5 April 2021). "Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigns as Bombay High Court orders CBI probe into corruption charges". The Hindu.
  15. ↑ Narayan, Khushboo (2021). "Anil Deshmukh arrested by ED in money laundering". The Indian Express. No. November 2, 2021. Indian Express. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  16. ↑ Non- bailable warrant against Param Bir Singh
  17. ↑ Varinder Bhatia, Yogesh Naik, Omkar Gokhale, Jayprakash S Naidu (21 October 2021). "Maharashtra tells HC can't trace Param Bir Singh, defence says not yet 'absconder'". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  18. ↑ Priyanka Kakodkar (26 October 2021). "Maharashtra govt begins process to declare Param Bir Singh 'absconder'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "'कहां छुपे हैं बताए बिना कोई सुनवाई नहीं', परमवीर सिंह की याचिका पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का सख्त रुख". आज तक (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  20. ↑ MumbaiNovember 29, Kamlesh Damodar Sutar; November 29, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 15:02. "Param Bir Singh faces suspension for violation of service rules, action likely in a week: Sources". India Today. Retrieved 29 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ↑ Yogesh Naik (3 December 2021). "Former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh suspended". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  22. ↑ "Savita Singh quits LIC Housing Finance". thehindubusinessline.com. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Savita, wife of Mumbai Police Commissioner, Director in 7 companies". timesnewsnow.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  24. ↑ "A quiet engagement". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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