Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Thursday registered an offence of extortion and criminal conspiracy case against its former commissioner Param Bir Singh (presently DIG Home Gaurd) and seven others for allegedly extorting money to withdraw cases registered against the complainant.
According to reports, two of the accused have been arrested while the rest six accused including Singh are police officers.
As per the Mumbai police officials, the complainant in the case is a developer and the accused had extorted money from him to withdraw cases registered against him. The amount that had been extorted from him is yet to be disclosed.
The case is registered with the Marine Drive police station under the various section of IPC. (UNI)