Ambani security scare: Param Bir Singh appears before NIA; Shiv Sena hits out at Centre
The former Mumbai top cop reached the National Investigation Agency s (NIA) office in Maharashtra capital in a car around 9.30 am, an official said.
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MUMBAI: Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh appeared before the NIA here on Wednesday to record his statement in connection with the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani s residence, an official said.
Singh reached the National Investigation Agency s (NIA) office in south Mumbai in a car around 9.30 am, he said.
The Shiv Sena shares power with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra.
The HC on Monday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into the allegations of corruption levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh against NCP leader Deshmukh, following which he resigned as the state s home minister.
The HC was hearing pleas filed by Singh himself, lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay and local teacher Mohan Bhide and city-based lawyer Jayshri Patil.
The HC ordered for the CBI inquiry on Patil s plea.
The editorial said the opposition BJP in Maharashtra makes statements like which state minister is next in line to resign.
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday claimed that the law and central investigation agencies were being misused to corner political rivals.
An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said the Bombay high court had pulled up senior police officer Param Bir Singh over his allegations of corruption against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, but took cognisance of charges in a separate petition filed by one Jayshri Patil. Nobody is above law. But, it is now clear that the law and central investigation agencies are being misused to corner political rivals, the Marathi publication claimed. It is a cause of concern that constitutional authorities are getting involved in weakening the Maharashtra government in such a manner, it said.
SC to hear Maha, Deshmukh s pleas against HC order on Thursday
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5 Views Letter-bomb blast: Maha HM Anil Deshmukh resigns after HC ruling. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 7 : The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear petitions filed by Maharashtra government and former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court order directing a CBI preliminary enquiry into corruption allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta will take up the petitions. A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni on Monday had asked the CBI to complete its preliminary probe within 15 days on the issues raised by Singh in his letter-bomb last month. Hours after the verdict, Deshmukh quit his post.
that the law and central investigation agencies were being misused to corner political rivals. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said the Bombay High Court had pulled up senior police officer Param Bir Singh over his allegations of corruption against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, but took cognisance of charges in a separate petition filed by one Jayshri Patil. Nobody is above law. But, it is now clear that the law and central investigation agencies are being misused to corner political rivals, the Marathi publication claimed. It is a cause of concern that constitutional authorities are getting involved in weakening the Maharashtra government in such a manner, it said.