Maharashtra : No relief from Supreme Court to Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh declared a fugitive

Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh, who was declared a fugitive on Wednesday in a recovery case, has not got relief from the Supreme Court. Singh had moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his arrest. During the hearing of this, the court said that first tell the court about your whereabouts, where are you at this time? Without this, the court will not entertain his plea for protection from arrest in the alleged extortion case.

To this Parambir replied through the lawyer, ‘If I am allowed to breathe, I will come out of the pit.’

The next hearing in the matter will be held on November 22. The Supreme Court said that on November 22, tell where is Parambir.

Earlier, the Mumbai court had allowed Parambir Singh to be declared a proclaimed offender, after which now the Mumbai Police can declare him as a wanted accused and start the process of declaring him a fugitive at all possible places including the media. According to the rules, if they do not come before the law within 30 days, then the Mumbai Police will be able to start the process of attaching their properties.

Earlier, the Home Department had also informed the Intelligence Bureau about Parambir’s disappearance. Significantly, Parambir has been missing since the month of May after going on leave due to health reasons. The Home Department sent several letters to Singh at his Chandigarh residence and inquiries were made about his whereabouts, but no response was received.

Last month, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil had said that they were looking into the provisions of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules to take action against the IPS officer.

Mumbai’s Thane police had issued a lookout notice against Parambir Singh in July. He has repeatedly failed to appear before the Chandiwal Commission set up by the state government to probe allegations of corruption by him against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. After which a fine of 5, then 25 and then 50 thousand was imposed against him first. Despite this, when Parambir did not appear, a bailable warrant was issued against him.

The Home Department of the government had constituted a 7-member SIT team to probe the allegations of corruption against Parambir Singh. This team is headed by a DCP level officer. The SIT team will also investigate the case of MCOCA registered at Juhu police station against a businessman named Vimal Agarwal. MCOCA case was registered accusing Vimal Agarwal of having a relationship with Chhota Shakeel during Parambir’s tenure as commissioner.

According to ANI, the State CID and Thane Police have issued a look out circular against Parambir. So far 5 cases are registered against Singh, out of which one is being investigated by Mumbai, one in Thane and three cases are being investigated by the State CID.