NCP chief probes ‘serious’ allegations by former Mumbai police chief Ribeiro
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that the allegations made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh against senior NCP leader and Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh are ‘serious’ and anyone about them The decision will be taken by the Chief Minister. Uddhav Thackeray.
Mr. Pawar, however, questioned the timing of the allegations leveled by Mr. Singh.
On Saturday, in an email letter to Chief Minister Thackeray, Mr. Singh alleged that the Home Minister had asked police officers including suspended officer Sachin Waze to collect ₹ 100 crore every month from bars and hotels in the city.
Alleging Mr. Singh’s removal as chief of police in an investigation into a security threat outside Antilia, the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, it was alleged that Mr. Pawar against the former top cop in Mumbai Suggested deeper investigation, Julio Ribeiro, whose “credibility is beyond questioning”.
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He also claimed that Mr. Singh, who was suspended for 16 years for his role in the custodial death case, was reinstated last year by Mr. Singh and neither the chief minister nor the state home minister was responsible for it.
“The allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister are serious. The Chief Minister has full authority to take a decision regarding the investigation of these allegations against the Home Minister, ”Mr. Pawar said,“ I would suggest Uddhav Thackeray to seek the help of former IPS officer Julio Ribeiro. By Param Bir Singh
The NCP chief told reporters at his official residence in Delhi that Mr Singh met him but it was only “when his transfer orders were to be issued by the Maharashtra government”.
‘MVA is not a threat to the government’.
Asked if there was an attempt to destabilize the Maha Vikas Samiti (MVA) government, the NCP chief said, “I don’t know if the effort is being made or not” [MVA] Government. All I can say is that they will have no effect on the government.
The episode has caused tension in the Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) government as the leadership of Shiv Sena has been reported to be against Mr. Deshmukh’s continuation as a minister.
Mr Pawar has called a meeting of party leaders including Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state NCP chief Jayant Patil to discuss the issue.
The NCP supremo also said that the party should listen to Mr. Deshmukh, who has categorically denied all allegations before taking a final decision.
He said, “There were allegations that he directed the police to collect ations 100 crores. There is no information about the actual transaction of money. The Home Minister has no information about the money being transferred.
The central leadership of the Congress Party, the third partner in the MVA alliance, decided to adopt a ‘wait and watch approach’. Party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said that All India Congress Committee (AICC) Maharashtra in-charge HK Patil would soon speak on the issue.
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ATS makes two arrests
On Sunday, an official said that the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a policeman and a bookie in the alleged murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran. As the main accused.
He said the accused, identified as policemen Vinayak Shinde and Buki Naresh Gaur, were arrested late on Saturday night.
On the first day, the officer named the bookie as Naresh Dhaare, but later said that it was Naresh Gaur.
Shinde is a convict in the 2006 Lakhan Bhaiya fake encounter case and he came out of jail last year, saying that Shinde had been in contact with Vej since then.
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Former IPS officer Julio Ribeiro on Sunday rejected NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s suggestion that he investigate former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh’s claim that Home Minister Anil Deshmukh sent suspended police officer Sachin Vej to the 100 every month. Asked to collect crores of rupees.
When asked about Mr. Pawar’s suggestion, Ribeiro said, “I am not available. No one (in the state government) has contacted me.”
“I am 92 years old. No one goes to work at the age of 92,” Mr. Ribeiro said.
Ribeiro is a former Mumbai police commissioner who eventually became the chief of the Gujarat and Punjab Police and was later named India’s ambassador to Romania.
“Why should a retired police officer be asked to do this,” he said.
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