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<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans;font-size:12px;text-align:left;display:inline!important">Singh, a 1988-batch officer and former Thane Police Commissioner, replaces Sanjay Barve, who retires on Saturday.</span></div>

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<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans;font-size:12px;text-align:left;display:inline!important">Before being appointed as the Mumbai police chief, Singh was posted as the Director General (DG) of the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB).</span></div>

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<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans;font-size:12px;text-align:left;display:inline!important">In December last year, the ACB headed by Param Bir Singh had given a clean chit to NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who is currently the state deputy chief minister, in connection with alleged scam involving 12 Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) projects.</span></div>

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<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans;font-size:12px;text-align:left;display:inline!important">In the past, Param Bir Singh had held several key positions in the police department. He had served as Thane police commissioner, DCP in several important zones in Mumbai, and Superintendent of Police (SP) of Chandrapur and Bhandara districts, a statement said.</span></div>

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<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans;font-size:12px;text-align:left;display:inline!important">In a video message posted on Twitter, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said, "Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve is retiring today. Singh has been named as his successor. This announcement has been made after discussion with the honourable chief minister."</span></div>

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<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans;font-size:12px;text-align:left;display:inline!important">Barve, who had taken charge as the commissioner in February last year, had got two extensions, first in August and then in November.&nbsp;</span></div>

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The Maharashtra government on Saturday appointed Senior IPS Officer Param Bir Singh as the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. Singh, a 1988-batch officer and former Thane Police Commissioner, replaces Sanjay Barve, who retires on Saturday.

The Maharashtra government on Saturday appointed Senior IPS Officer Param Bir Singh as the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. Singh, a 1988-batch officer and former Thane Police Commissioner, replaces Sanjay Barve, who retires on Saturday. Before being appointed as the Mumbai police chief, Singh was posted as the Director General (DG) of the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Also read: Coronavirus: Mumbai airport starts screening passengers arriving from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Nepal Bipin K Singh, the Additional Director General (ADG) of the ACB, has now been given the additional charge as the DG of the anti-graft agency. A 1990-batch IPS officer, Bipin Singh has been awarded President Police Medal. In December last year, the ACB headed by Param Bir Singh had given a clean chit to NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who is currently the state deputy chief minister, in connection with alleged scam involving 12 Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) projects. In the past, Param Bir Singh had held several key positions in the police department. He had served as Thane police commissioner, DCP in several important zones in Mumbai, and Superintendent of Police (SP) of Chandrapur and Bhandara districts, a statement said. Also see: Rupee plunges 63 paise to nearly 6-month low as COVID-19 spreads around globe He had also served as the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) in the state, it added. In a video message posted on Twitter, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said, "Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve is retiring today. Singh has been named as his successor. This announcement has been made after discussion with the honourable chief minister." Earlier in the day, outgoing Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve was given a farewell by his colleagues at Naigaon police headquarters here. Barve, who had taken charge as the commissioner in February last year, had got two extensions, first in August and then in November. pic.twitter.com/NXN6xy3KZe — ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) February 29, 2020 ×

Param Bir Singh appointed as the new Mumbai Police Commissioner

<p>Rajasthan&#39;s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested the 31-year-old grandson of a former MLA &nbsp;and BJP from Sriganganagar for allegedly extorting money by making spoof calls, police said.</p>

<p>Posing as an ACB officer, Sahil Rajpal, grandson of former MLA Radheshyam, had demanded Rs 10 lakh from Public Health Engineering Department engineers for settling a fraud case in which they were allegedly involved, senior officials said.</p>

<p>&quot;He had also allegedly taken Rs 1.5 lakh from the complainant,&quot; said Inspector General, ACB, Sachin Mittal.</p>

<p>IG Mittal said this is perhaps the first case in Rajasthan where &quot;spoof calls&quot; were made using international gateway internet calling.</p>

<p>&quot;We were chasing the accused since February and had contacted telecom companies of nine countries to nab him,&quot; Mittal said.</p>

<p>Superintendent of Police, ACB, Tejaswini Gautam said the accused is an English (Honours) graduate and was arrested from the MLA quarters in Jaipur.</p>

<p>She said Rajpal is being interrogated for his role in similar crimes committed in past and others involved in the activities.</p>

<p>Rajpal will be produced before the court tomorrow, she said.</p>

<p>ACB sleuths said that the accused had made calls to SPML Company, a complaint of which was lodged with CBI.</p>

<p>In the much-talked about SPML Company fraud case, names of PHED engineers and senior officers of the company had cropped up.</p>

<p>The case was investigated by ACB officer Shankar Dutt Sharma. Rajpal, posing as Sharma, had called PHED engineers and SPML officers, the police said.</p>


Posing as an ACB officer, Sahil Rajpal, grandson of former MLA Radheshyam, had demanded Rs 10 lakh from Public Health Engineering Department engineers for settling a fraud case in which they were allegedly involved

Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested the 31-year-old grandson of a former MLA and BJP from Sriganganagar for allegedly extorting money by making spoof calls, police said. Posing as an ACB officer, Sahil Rajpal, grandson of former MLA Radheshyam, had demanded Rs 10 lakh from Public Health Engineering Department engineers for settling a fraud case in which they were allegedly involved, senior officials said. "He had also allegedly taken Rs 1.5 lakh from the complainant," said Inspector General, ACB, Sachin Mittal. IG Mittal said this is perhaps the first case in Rajasthan where "spoof calls" were made using international gateway internet calling. "We were chasing the accused since February and had contacted telecom companies of nine countries to nab him," Mittal said. Superintendent of Police, ACB, Tejaswini Gautam said the accused is an English (Honours) graduate and was arrested from the MLA quarters in Jaipur. She said Rajpal is being interrogated for his role in similar crimes committed in past and others involved in the activities. Rajpal will be produced before the court tomorrow, she said. ACB sleuths said that the accused had made calls to SPML Company, a complaint of which was lodged with CBI. In the much-talked about SPML Company fraud case, names of PHED engineers and senior officers of the company had cropped up. The case was investigated by ACB officer Shankar Dutt Sharma. Rajpal, posing as Sharma, had called PHED engineers and SPML officers, the police said.

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