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It is a "very disturbing" scenario in Maharashtra where former police commissioner Param Bir Singh does not have faith in his own force and the state government has no faith in the CBI, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Mumbai Police to carry on the investigation against former police commissioner Param Bir Singh but restrained the police from filing charge sheets against him over the allegations of misconduct and corruption.
A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has although allowed Maharashtra police to continue its probe and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an affidavit within one week stating its stand on taking up the investigation in the FIRs registered by Maharashtra Police against Singh.
The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the Maharashtra Police from filing charge sheet in all the FIRs registered against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, but allowed the investigation to proceed. The top court observed that .