Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Wednesday has been declared an absconder by the 37th magistrate court based on a proclamation application of Mumbai Crime Branch in connection with the Goregaon extortion case in which dismissed API Sachin Waze was arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch.

"The court has allowed the proclamation application of Mumbai Crime Branch, now officially he is absconder in the case," said public prosecutor Shekhar Jagtap.