: Former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh is not traceable, Maharashtra government tells HC #IndiaNEWS Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh is not traceable, the Maharashtra government told

Former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh is not traceable, Maharashtra government tells HC #IndiaNEWS
Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh is not traceable, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, Live Law reported.The court was hearing a plea filed by Singh to quash first information reports registered against him by the Thane Police under the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Atrocities Prevention) Act.During a hearing of the case on October 2, the Maharashtra government had told the court that it would not take any coercive action against Singh, including an arrest, till October 20.At Wednesday’s hearing, Senior Advocate Darius Khambata, representing the state government, said that it was not willing to extend Singh’s protection from coercive action.“In view of other developments, we are getting reports that he is not traceable,??? Khambata said, according to Live Law. “We cannot give [a] statement [on extension of protection from coercive action].???Singh’s counsel Mahesh Jethmalani argued that the former Mumbai police chief has not yet been declared as absconding by the state government, The Indian Express reported. He contended that Singh should get protection from coercive action as he had responded when summoned in the SC/ST atrocities case.The whereabouts of Singh, who is an accused in multiple other cases, have been unknown for a while now. There is speculation that he might have fled India. On October 1, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil had said...Read more

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