Mumbai: The case of extortion registered against Senior IPS Officer Param Bir Singh in Mumbai has been transferred to the Department of Maharashtra Police Criminal Investigation (CID), an official said on Wednesday.
Mumbai police have formed a special investigation team (sitting) to investigate a case of extortion against Singh and a separate case of the same nature (not related to it), which is being handled by unit 9 Crime Branch.
City police on July 22 register firmly against Singh, a former Commissioner of Police Mumbai, five other police personnel and two more because they were suspected of demanding Rs 15 Crore from the builder, official said.
The FIR was submitted based on complaints submitted by 57-year-old real estate developer Shyamsundar Agrawal at the Marine drive police station in South Mumbai.
During the investigation, the police arrested two people – Agarwal Business Partners Agarawa Punamia and his colleague Sunil Jain, he said.
Five policemen who were named accused of being accused of DCP (Crime Branch) Akbar Pathan, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shrikant Shinde, ACP Sanjay Patil, Inspector Asha Korke and the Branch Inspector of the Crime Nandkumar Gopale, he said.
Considering the scope of the investigation into the case of extortion submitted at the Drive Marine Police Station, his investigation has been transferred from sitting into the Cid country, the official said.
Singh faced two cases of extortion in Thane City, where he had served as police commissioner before posted in Mumbai.