Ambani Bomb Scare Case Chargesheet Implicates Former Mumbai Top Cop

A cyber expert tod NIA that he prepared a report that said terror outfit Jaish-ul-Hind had taken responsibility for the bomb scare. He said he had inserted the threatening poster in the main report on the insistence of Param Bir Singh.

The chargesheet in the case involving the explosives-filled car found near the house of Mukesh Ambani, by the National Investigation Agency does not specifically explain the role of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in the conspiracy. But the statement of a cyber expert quoted in the 10,000-page chargesheet has serious implications for him. Param Bir Singh was unceremoniously removed from the top post in Mumbai police in March amid multiple investigations linked to the Antilia bomb scare case. As the issue snowballed, he made some explosive corruption allegations against then Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, leading to Mr Deshmukh's resignation. The cyber expert who gave statement to the NIA is the one who prepared a report that said terror outfit Jaish-ul-Hind had taken responsibility for the bomb scare. He said he had inserted the threatening poster in the main report on the insistence of Param Bir Singh, who paid him Rs 5 lakh in cash for his services. The report, he said, was made at the request of Mr Singh, who told him it would be shared with the NIA. It was meant to be confidential as the Delhi Police was also investigating the role of the terror outfit in another case. He said it was a surprise that the report was leaked the next day.