Another Extortion Case Filed Against Ex Mumbai Top Cop Param Bir Singh

A top official and three others have also been named in the First Information Report (FIR) that was registered in Thane on Friday, police said.

Another case has been registered against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh for allegedly extorting money from the relative of a builder and kidnapping him for ransom, police said on Friday. A top official and three others have also been named in the First Information Report (FIR) that was registered in Thane on Friday, they said. The complainant in the case, Sharad Agrawal, approached the police in Thane on Friday and filed the complaint against Param Bir Singh, who had served as the Thane police chief earlier. The other accused were identified as Parag Manere, a DCP-rank officer of Mumbai police, Sanjay Punamia, Sunil Jain and Manoj Ghotkar, the official added. As per the complaint lodged by Mr Agrawal, the accused persons allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore extortion from him and forcibly acquired his land, he said.