Mumbai: Cop who accused Param Bir Singh of corruption claims threat to life

Police officer Bhimrao Ghadge who had levelled allegations of corruption against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh and other officials on Monday demanded police protection for him and his family members claiming a threat to lifeGhadge who is posted in Akola has sent letters to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and state Director General of Police DGP demanding police protectionThere is a threat to me and my family from the accused persons I have demanded protection by armed policemen for myself and my family members who live in Kalyan near Mumbai Ghadge told PTI over phoneI am posted here in Akola but my family members are residing in Kalyan I am worried about them as these people can do anything he claimedThe police inspector said he had not received any threatening call or messagesBut no one will tell you in advance before causing any harm he addedAn FIR was registered against Param Bir Singh DCP Parag Manere and 26 other policemen on the complaint of Ghadge at Akola in Vidarbha last month under various sections ranging from criminal conspiracy destruction of evidence and sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989The FIR was then transferred to the Thane city policeIn his complaint Ghadge had made a series of allegations of corruption against Singh and other officers in the period when the former Mumbai CP was posted with the Thane policeGhadge who was posted in Thane police commissionerate during 20152018 had alleged that during his tenure several officers there under Singh had indulged in various acts of corruption He also claimed that Singh had asked him to not chargesheet certain individuals against whom FIRs had been registered Ghadge had also alleged that after he refused to obey Singhs instructions five FIRs were registered against him and he was suspendedMeanwhile alleged cricket bookie Sonu Jalan has reiterated allegations of extortion against Singh and other police officersAddressing reporters Jalan and his lawyer Abha Singh alleged that apart from Singh former encounter specialist Pradip Sharma and former AntiExtortion Cell AEC officer Rajkumar Kothimire had extorted money from him JalanJalan had recently written a letter to Maharashtra Director General of Police alleging that Singh and some other police officials had extorted Rs 345 crore from himEarlier businessman Mayuresh Raut had alleged that Kothmire and Sharma harassed him in 2017 at Singhs behest and took away two of his luxury carsThis 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