Maharashtra govt suspends Param Bir Singh, initiates disciplinary proceedings

Maharashtra government has suspended former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh and initiated disciplinary proceedings against him over certain irregularities and lapses an official saidThe suspension order was approved the day Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was discharged from a private hospital here after undergoing spine surgery on November 12 The lapses include unauthorised absence from duty an official said Along with Singh another DCP rank officer Parag Manere was suspended by the state governmentThe order states ldquoThe Government of Maharashtra has decided to start the disciplinary proceedings against Shri Param Bir Singh IPS MH 1988 in respect of certain irregularities and lapses committed by him including unauthorized absence from duty vide memorandum No ENQ2021CR540Pol2 dated 02 December 2021 and whereas the Government of Maharashtra is satisfied that it is necessary and desirable to place Shri Param Bir Singh IPS MH 1988 under suspension in accordance with the Provision of Rule 3 1 and 3 3 of the All India Services Discipline and Appeal Rules 1969 Now Therefore in the exercise of the power conferred under the subrule 1 and subrule 3 of Rule 3 of the All India Services Discipline and Appeal Rules 1969 the Government of Maharashtra hereby place the said Shri Param Bir Singh IPS MH 1988 under suspension with immediate effect from the date of this order until further orderrdquoIt is further ordered that during the period that this order shall remain in force the said Shri Param Bir Singh IPS MH 1988 shall be paid subsistence allowance dearness allowance and other allowances as admissible under Rule 4 of All India Services Discipline and Appeal Rules 1969 on the production of certificate that he is not engaged in any other employment business profession or vocation It is also ordered that during the period that this order shall remain in force the headquarter of Shri Param Bir Singh IPS MH 1988 shall be the office of Director General of Police Maharashtra State Mumbai and he shall not leave the said headquarter without obtaining the permission of the DirectorGeneral of Police Maharashtra State Mumbai It shall not be permissible for him to accept any private employment or engage in any other trade or business during the suspension Any breach of this condition shall be treated as an act of misconduct rendering him liable for disciplinary actionSingh did not show up in the past six months after being appointed Maharashtra Home Guard chief sources said The leave granted to him on health grounds was till August 29 but even after that he failed to join duty they added Singh had in March levelled allegations of corruption and misuse of official position against then state home minister Anil Deshmukh after he was shunted from the post of the Mumbai police commissioner in the aftermath of Antilia bomb scare incidentHe had accused Deshmukh of asking police officers to collect Rs 100 crore a month from restaurants and bars in Mumbai a charge which the NCP leader denied Along with Singh another DCP rank officer Parag Manere suspended by state governmentThe inquiry commission looking into these allegations had directed Singh to appear to record his statement but the IPS officer who was virtually incommunicado since May turned up before it only last monthAlso Read Bombay HC quashes proclamation issued against accused in extortion case involving Param Bir SinghWith inputs from Faizan KhanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever