Won't arrest Param Bir Singh till July 3: Maharashtra govt tells HC

On that day, the court would also hear another petition filed by the senior IPS officer challenging two enquiries set up against him by the state government.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday (June 22) told the Bombay High Court it would not arrest senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh till July 3 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Senior counsel Darius Khambata, appearing for the state government, said his earlier statement, that the police would not arrest the former Mumbai police commissioner, shall continue till July 3, according to news agency PTI.  A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar posted a petition filed by Singh, seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him on a complaint of police inspector Bhimrao Ghadge, for hearing on July 2.