: Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh declared proclaimed offender in extortion case #IndiaNEWS A magistrate’s court in Mumbai on Wednesday declared former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh

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Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh declared proclaimed offender in extortion case #IndiaNEWS
A magistrate’s court in Mumbai on Wednesday declared former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh a “proclaimed offender� in an extortion case, PTI reported. According to Section 82 of the Criminal Procedure Code, proclaimed offenders are accused persons who have a warrant against them and are absconding. Under the section the court can issue a notice to proclaimed offenders to appear within 30 days.Last month, the Maharashtra government had told the Bombay High Court that Singh could not be traced. There is speculation that Singh might have fled India. Currently, there are three non-bailable warrants against him.Singh and five other people, including dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze, are being investigated by the Mumbai Police crime branch based on a complaint by developer Bimal Agarwal. Agarwal had alleged that Singh and Vaze had extorted Rs 9 lakh from him for sparing his two bars from raids. The developer added that Vaze and Singh forced him to buy two smartphones for them which cost Rs 2.29 lakh.On Wednesday, the Mumbai court also declared two co-accused in the case – Vinay Singh and Riyaz Bhatti – as proclaimed offenders.Other allegations against SinghLast month, the Thane Police had registered five FIRs under the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Atrocities Prevention) Act, the Civil Rights Protection Act and the Maharashtra...Read more

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