Protection From Arrest Granted To Former Mumbai Top Cop Extended Till July 6

The counsel for Maharashtra government told the court that the previous statement on protecting Param Bir Singh from coercive action will be extended

The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till July 6 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Senior counsel Darius Khambata, who appeared for the Maharashtra government, told the court that his previous statement on protecting Mr Singh from any coercive action will be extended till July 6. Mr Khambata made the statement after a bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar adjourned the hearing till July 5 on pleas filed by Singh seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him by the Thane police under the Atrocities Act, and challenging preliminary inquiries initiated against him by the state government. The FIR against Mr Singh in the atrocities case was registered in April this year following a complaint by inspector B R Ghadge, posted at the Akola city police control room. He was earlier posted in Thane.