Nashik cop says Param Bir framed him in suicide case

A police officer from Nashik Rural has accused former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh of framing him in a suicide case when both were posted in Thane Deputy Superintendent Shamkumar Nipunge said Singh was upset with him after he took action against traffic violatorsIn a complaint to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Home Minister Dilip WalsePatil additional chief secretary home and Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey he has also attached copies of a sting video of one ACP Kadam who he claims was very close to Singh in Thane In the clip ACP Kadam purportedly tells Nipunge that he was arrested in the suicide case on Singhrsquos ordersThe Thane crime branch arrested Nipunge in 2018 for abetment after a constable Subhadra Pawar allegedly hanged herself a year ago ldquoShe was known to my sister and knew me very well We spoke to each other frequently Just because I had made multiple calls to her on the day she died I was framed by Singh for abetment In the sting operation of ACP Kadam he is saying it was a case of murder and he realised it within few minutes after the case was registeredrdquo Nipunge told midday He said he spent six months in jailDuring his posting as a traffic ACP in Thane Nipunge said he tried to expose the nexus between department and operators of heavy goods vehicles ldquoThe traffic officers posted at Narpoli division would collect money from these vehicles and allow them to continue with their activities despite jams The money was going to Singh In fact the officers at the traffic division had paid Rs 1 crore to get the postingrdquo he allegedNipunge said he ran into the bad books of Singh once he started taking action against the violators and took the statements of those drivers who used to pay money to traffic officers ldquoThe DCP called me to his office and said that Singh is not happy with my action and I might be transferred Later I was shifted to Thane police headquartersrdquo he saidThe officer said constable Pawar died when her fianceacute was there in the room and he told the police that she committed suicide ldquoLater I learnt that she was killed by her boyfriend and my sources and ACP Kadam also confirmed the same in the sting operationrdquoHe added ldquoThe DVD with the postmortem video is missing and it has been confirmed to me in an RTI query Unfortunately the same set of doctors also conducted the postmortem of Mansukh Hiranrdquo he alleged Nipunge said he could not muster the courage to complain against Singh as he was a very influential officerQueries sent to Singh remained unanswered till press timeDays after the arrest of API Sachin Waze in the Mukesh Ambani threat and Hiran murder cases Singh was transferred as DG Home GaurdThe officer who is on medical leave since May 5 said in a letter that former home minister Anil Deshmukh had a role in alleged extortion of Rs 100 crore from bars and restaurantsWhile there have been many complaints against Singh he has maintained that they are politically motivatedComplaints against Singhgtgt Bookie Sonu Jalan and Ketan Tanna say Singh got them arrested in a fake case of cricket betting and extorted R5 crore CID is probing the complaintgtgt Inspectors Anup Dange and Bhimrao Ghadge have levelled allegations of corruption against Singh Allegations are being probed by CID and ACBgtgt State home department launched a probe after the new city police chief said Wazersquos reinstatement was done in violation of rulesgtgt An SIT of Thane police is probing a land scam in which Singhrsquos role was suspected