Mumbai Ex Top Cop Can Be Declared "Absconder" In Extortion Case: Court

The Mumbai Police can now designate him a wanted accused and start the process of declaring him a fugitive.

Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh can be declared an "absconder" in connection with an extortion case, said a Mumbai court on Wednesday. After the court order, the Mumbai Police can now designate him a wanted accused and start the process of declaring him a fugitive.

"If he (Param Bir Singh) doesn't come before the law within 30 days, Mumbai Police will initiate the process for attachment of his properties," sad special public prosecutor Shekhar Jagtap.

Param Bir Singh faces at least four cases of extortion and is believed to have fled the country.

Mr Singh was transferred from the post of Mumbai police chief in March after the arrest of Sachin Waze - a police officer who was later sacked and arrested in the case of an explosives-filled vehicle found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran.