Param Bir Singh Towards the end of his career, he worked hard to lead the Mumbai Police. However, he has now expressed distrust of the same force in which he served for more than three decades, when he realized that subject to the approval of the Supreme Court, he could be arrested for extortion at any time. In fact, even the Supreme Court was shocked when Singh said he had no faith in it. Maharashtra Police and the cases registered against him should be transferred to some other state.
An IPS officer of 1988 batch, Singh was able to secure all-important assignments including Thane’s police commissioner and director general of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), but got into trouble due to the colorful exercise of power on several occasions.
When he wrote a letter to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Alleged corruption charges against the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, he portrayed himself as a whistleblower. But by then Singh had been booked for extortion in at least five cases. Following Singh’s letter, the state government set up a commission under the Commission of Inquiry Act to investigate allegations of corruption. Singh informed the commission that he neither wanted to cross-examine nor testify on the contents of his letter.
Once Singh withdrew from the process, sacking cop Sachin Vaze, once even his trusted aide submitted that neither Deshmukh nor any of his personal employees ever demanded money from him. Given Singh’s statement and Waze’s statement, the entire exercise of investigating the corruption allegations against Deshmukh seems redundant.
Strategy needed to tackle illegal parking
The arrest of a traffic police inspector in South Mumbai should be a wake-up call for the entire Mumbai traffic police. The traffic police inspector allegedly demanded Rs 1,500 per bus for allowing unauthorized parking in the busy area. The victim bus owner contacted the ACB, who laid a trap and arrested him. During a search of his office, the ACB found over a dozen envelopes containing a total of Rs 4.8 lakh.
Due to the lack of supervision at all levels, unauthorized parking has become the rule rather than the exception. It is not that illegal parking is rampant across the city and such spots are fixed, in fact, they have been brought to the notice of the concerned authorities, but very rarely, strict action is taken. A former IPS officer said that it is high time that a joint strategy should be chalked out by the Mumbai Police Commissioner and the Transport Commissioner to deal with the menace.
An IPS officer of 1988 batch, Singh was able to secure all-important assignments including Thane’s police commissioner and director general of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), but got into trouble due to the colorful exercise of power on several occasions.
When he wrote a letter to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Alleged corruption charges against the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, he portrayed himself as a whistleblower. But by then Singh had been booked for extortion in at least five cases. Following Singh’s letter, the state government set up a commission under the Commission of Inquiry Act to investigate allegations of corruption. Singh informed the commission that he neither wanted to cross-examine nor testify on the contents of his letter.
Once Singh withdrew from the process, sacking cop Sachin Vaze, once even his trusted aide submitted that neither Deshmukh nor any of his personal employees ever demanded money from him. Given Singh’s statement and Waze’s statement, the entire exercise of investigating the corruption allegations against Deshmukh seems redundant.
Strategy needed to tackle illegal parking
The arrest of a traffic police inspector in South Mumbai should be a wake-up call for the entire Mumbai traffic police. The traffic police inspector allegedly demanded Rs 1,500 per bus for allowing unauthorized parking in the busy area. The victim bus owner contacted the ACB, who laid a trap and arrested him. During a search of his office, the ACB found over a dozen envelopes containing a total of Rs 4.8 lakh.
Due to the lack of supervision at all levels, unauthorized parking has become the rule rather than the exception. It is not that illegal parking is rampant across the city and such spots are fixed, in fact, they have been brought to the notice of the concerned authorities, but very rarely, strict action is taken. A former IPS officer said that it is high time that a joint strategy should be chalked out by the Mumbai Police Commissioner and the Transport Commissioner to deal with the menace.
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