Maharashtra govt suspends ex-Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, initiates disciplinary proceedings
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Param Bir Singh's supension comes the day Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was discharged from a private hospital following a spine surgery on November 12.
New Delhi: Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was suspended on Thursday (December 2) by the Maharashtra government over ‘certain irregularities and lapses’.
Moreover, the government has also initiated disciplinary proceedings against the ex-Commissioner. The order comes the day Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was discharged from a private hospital following a spine surgery on November 12.
The lapses include unauthorized absence from duty, an official told PTI. As per sources, Singh did not show up in the past six months after being appointed Maharashtra Home Guard chief. “The leave granted to him on health grounds was till August 29, but even after that he failed to join duty”, they informed.