Thane: Thane police on Friday enrolled a fourth case of the Singh brewers officers together with former Pradeep Sharma meeting specialist, Deputy Commissioner Deepak Deepak and Gangster Ravi Pujari in complaints by bookies Ketan Tanna and Sonu Road that the police have extorted almost RS 5 Crore from them In 2018.
In all, 28 people, including eight police, was charged in extortion, attacks, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy, robbery under the criminal code of India and ARM.
The other police mentioned were the Assistant Commissioner NT Kadam, Inspector of Rajkumar Kothmire, one assistant Subspectuation and two police officers.
Other individuals mentioned here are Binu Varghese.
“There are other individuals among the defendants including the collection of Vikas Dabhade, Bimal Agrawal, his wife, his brother, Bacchi Singh, another person who works with the officers extorting money,” said the road.
“In my complaint, I gave a detailed account of how Param Bir Singh demanded Rs 10 Crore in his cabin and I had given Rs 3 Crore and Tanna had provided Rs 1.18 Crore.
Also, another case was submitted against me in 2017 and they had taken Rs 40 lakh then, “he said.
Singh was Police Commissioner Thane at the time of the incident, while Sharma and Kothmire were attached to the Thane anti-extortion cell.
In 2018, Thane police claimed that the road took the help of Gangster Ravi Pujari in recovering money placed on bets from one Ritesh Shah and arresting it, sticky rice tanned and other bookies.
However, the Cid Country investigation conducted after Param Bir Singh shifted out of the Post Chairman of the Mumbai Police found substances on road allegations.
Cid handed over his report to DGP Sanjay Pandey last Friday, said a police officer.