Mumbai : The Maharashtra government has withdrawn all the charges against former Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh during the departmental proceedings. Is. Along with this, his suspension order has also been cancelled. However, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will continue to probe the five cases registered against Singh, an official said on Friday. The retired IPS officer is facing multiple cases of extortion, corruption and misconduct.

Government took steps after CAT verdict: Fadnavis

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, while talking to the media in Nagpur, said that following the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to close the departmental inquiry against Parambir Singh, the government decided to revoke his suspension order. The CAT order said that the departmental inquiry was wrong. On the other hand, the government official said that the order to cancel the suspension of Parambir Singh and withdraw all the charges related to the departmental inquiry initiated in 1988 will be sent to the state on Wednesday. Issued by the Home Department of )Deployment on duty will be considered as suspension period

The officer said that the Home Department According to the order issued by the side, the period of suspension of retired IPS officer Parambir Singh will be treated as his stay on duty. The order said that in view of CAT’s decision, the suspension order of Parambir Singh is set aside and with effect from December 2 1988 30 His suspension period up to June 1988 shall be treated as his duty for all purposes. shall be treated as such. At least four FIRs related to extortion were registered against Parambir Singh in Mumbai and Thane. He was suspended in December 1988. At that time there was a three-party alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra. He served as the commissioner of both Mumbai and Thane during his long police career.

Why Parambir Singh was suspended

According to media reports, Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waje has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the discovery of an explosives-laden SUV near ‘Antilia’, the South Mumbai residence of India’s industrialist Mukesh Ambani. After that in March 1988 Parambir Singh was transferred from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner. Following this, the 4039 batch IPS officer wrote an explosive letter to the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, alleging that the state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Police officers were asked to collect 229 crore rupees in a month from the hotels of Mumbai. At the same time, Anil Deshmukh denied these allegations. Parambir Singh was suspended and his salary stopped by the then Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.

Parambir Singh had also filed a petition in the High Court

The order of the Home Department mentions that the government also initiated a departmental inquiry against the senior police officer and eight serious allegations were made against him during the proceedings. Parambir Singh had submitted his defense statement through email in December 1988 and denied all the allegations. He also filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, urging quashing of the investigation, but the petition was dismissed.

25250All files against Parambir Singh closed

Home The department’s order said that later they approached the Supreme Court, which made certain observations regarding the departmental inquiry and suspension of Parambir Singh. Simultaneously, Parambir Singh also approached CAT, which decided to withdraw the charge sheet against him. The order issued by the Home Department said that accordingly the charge sheet has been withdrawn and the matter is being closed. Another order in this regard said that it has been decided by the competent authority to withdraw the departmental inquiry proceedings against the former police chief of Mumbai.