Book Param Bir Singh under terror charges, demands Mumbai ex-ACP

In a shocking claim a former Mumbai Police officer has accused the exDIG of the AntiTerrorist Squad Param Bir Singh of allegedly taking a phone recovered from Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab after the 2611 Mumbai terror strikes 13 years agoRetired Assistant Commissioner of Police Shamsherkhan Pathan met and submitted a letter on July 26 to Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale and demanded that Singh should be booked under terror charges for his antinational actPathan told mediapersons on Friday after Param Bir Singh reached Mumbai that in November 2629 2008 he was a Senior Inspector at Pydhonie Police Station and Singh was the DIGATSAfter the terror strikes Singh had allegedly pocketed a mobile phone recovered from Kasab the sole terrorist caught alive and till date that device which could be a crucial piece of evidence has not come on the police recordsI have requested the CoP Nagrale to order a probe into the affair where is the mobile why it was not handed over to the 2611 investigation team and book Singh under terror charges for destroying a vital piece of evidence Pathan saidOn why he was raking up the issue after 13 years Pathan said that since he was not directly concerned with the matter he recollected it only after Singh levelled allegations of corruption against former home minister Anil Deshmukh in March and then himself faced extortion and graft chargesI spoke with N R Mali the then Senior Inspector of Police with D B Marg Police Station who also confirmed that the mobile was handed over by a constable identified as Kamble to Singh but it has not come on the police records till now This is a very serious matter Pathan contendedSlamming the exATS DIG for allegedly being a known corrupt officer who has the blessings of the Bharatiya Janata Party Pathan said that later when a police officer was sent by the probe team to collect it Singh was livid and refused to hand over the device Instead he shouted and asked the officer to get outKnowing his record Singh may have used the contacts in the phone for extortion purposes or sold it to the ISI to destroy the evidence in the device Pathan allegedThough legal officials also say that there was no such mobile on the records Kasab was tried found guilty convicted and finally sent to the gallows nine years ago on November 21 2012 inside the Yerawada Central Jail PuneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever