Former Maharashtra Home minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshhmukh said former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was used by the government to frame him and now as a reward his suspension has been revoked. Deshmukh stated that will raise this issue in the party's core committee meeting which will be held today. Speaking to reporters, Anil Deshmukh said, "Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was used by the government to frame me and now as a reward his suspension has been revoked."
Earlier, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole had alleged that the Eknath Shinde-led state government dropped charges against retired IPS officer Param Bir Singh as a reward for maligning the image of the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. The Bombay High Court last week had given clear instructions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR against Singh following a probe, and a departmental inquiry was also expected, the Congress leader said. But the Shinde-Fadnavis government did nothing and ensured Singh’s suspension order would not get an extension, he alleged. An official last Friday said the Maharashtra government has dropped all charges brought during a departmental enquiry against Singh and revoked the suspension order against him. Singh was transferred from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner in March 2021 after the arrest of assistant police inspector Sachin Waze by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the seizure of an explosives-laden SUV from near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antilia in south Mumbai.