Maha govt may have helped Param Bir Singh to escape: BJP leader Ashish Shelar

Former Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar on Tuesday claimed the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government may have helped IPS officer Param Bir Singh to flee and could be preparing ground for him to seek political asylum in a western countrySpeaking to reporters here Shelar the BJP MLA from Mumbai also claimed that the MVA government comprising the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress was obstructing the Centres strong actions to tackle the drug menace in the countryRecently two nonbailable warrants were issued against Param Bir Singh in different extortion cases in Mumbai and neighbouring ThaneSingh was shunted out from the post of Mumbai police commissioner in March this year in the aftermath of the recovery of an SUV with explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis residence in south Mumbai and the arrest of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze in the caseSingh later accused then then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh of corruptionAlso read Nawab MalikDevendra Fadnavis faceoff gives drugs case a dramatic turnThe IPS officer is also facing inquiry by the Maharashtra AntiCorruption Bureau and a case filed by a police officer from Akola against him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities ActRecently the Maharashtra government had told the Bombay High Court that it did not know of Singhs whereaboutsShelar said The way the number of cases are being filed against Param Bir Singh it seems to be a strategy for preparing grounds for the IPS officer to seek political asylum in a particular western country If you speak against the government you are eligible for such asylumThe Maha Vikas Aghadi could be helping Singh to take political asylum in a western country by lodging several complaints against him he saidThe idea would be to allow Singh to point at these complaints to seek political asylum by claiming that his life is in danger because he spoke against the ruling dispensation the BJP leader claimedThe MVA government must have helped Singh to go missing because if he gets caught he may reveal some work done for leaders of the ruling parties Shelar allegedThe real question is that since Param Bir Singh has all his documents including the Aadhaar card registered in Mumbai how did he go missing from under the MVAs nose he saidShelar also claimed the MVA government was obstructing the Centres strong actions to tackle the drug menace in the countryThe remarks came in the wake of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik seeking to link the opposition BJP in the state with an alleged drugs leader by tweeting the latters photograph with former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis wife Amruta FadnavisMalik has also been targeting the Narcotics Control Bureaus NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede after he led a raid on a cruise ship last month in which drugs were allegedly seized and actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan was arrested with some othersThere have been allegations regarding people who are against the country and are supplying drugs However the Union governments efforts to take strong actions against them are being opposed by these people including some in the MVA government Shelar saidIs state minister Nawab Malik such peoples antinationals supplying drugs advocate he sought to knowShelar claimed that Malik was dillusioned because his soninlaw was found involved in an alleged drugs racketHe should be called Khayali Malik and not Nawab Malik the BJP leader saidShelar without taking any names said these people also opposed new amendments to the Information Technology Act proposed by the Union governmentThe amendments were aimed at intercepting communication on various internet platforms which are suspected to be used for drug supply The Union government wanted to increase the BSFs jurisdiction to probe drug supply cases in up to 50 km area from the international border but it was also opposed by these people he claimedAsked about the NCB not taking action against some other people suspected to be involved in the cruise drugs case Shelar said The DRI Directorate of Revenue Intelligence did not sit quiet like the Maharashtra governments antinarcotics department They DRI did take action against many peopleThe MLA also said he or the BJP were not here to issue a character certificate to WankhedeThe Union government is trying to curb the drug menace but some people including in the MVA government are trying to halt the process Even the steps tomake the NDPS Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act stronger were opposed by these people Shelar claimedThis 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