Suspended IPS officer and former commissioner of Mumbai Police, Param Bir Singh, recorded his statement before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday, in connection with a money-laundering case registered against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The agency had registered the case based on an FIR registered by the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI).

The state government has told the Supreme Court that Singh cannot be considered a “whistleblower” under the law, as he chose to speak out against alleged corruption involving former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh only after his transfer, the Maharashtra Seeking dismissal of Singh’s plea for a CBI probe into the entire matter and against any coercive action by the state, the Maharashtra government has filed a reply affidavit in the Apex court and said that the ongoing probe in criminal cases against the former top cop not be interfered with.