Police Inspector Anup Dange had also written a letter raising allegations against Singh to Maharashtra Additional Chief Secretary, Home, on 2 February this year.
Under flak for 'mishandling' the bomb scare outside Mukesh Ambani's residence, Maharashtra govt had transferred Singh and appointed senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale in his place.
Mumbai's ex-police commissioner Param Bir Singh purportedly wrote a letter to CM and governor, alleging Deshmukh asked cops to collect Rs 100 crore from bars.
Mumbai Police built its credibility through the 1990s and 2000s, first by a speedy detection following the Mumbai blasts, and later by breaking the underworld.
Hemant Nagrale’s appointment comes days after the arrest of Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze in connection with recovery of an explosives-laden car outside Mukesh Ambani’s house.
Shiv Sena also questioned the move of NIA taking ove probe into Ambani-SUV case, saying that the agency generally investigates terrorism-related cases, but there was no terror angle involved in this episode.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Thursday said Singh was shifted to ensure that the probe into the Sachin Waze episode is conducted 'properly and without hindrance'.
The Bombay High Court directed Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray to inform the court by Thursday whether the police plan to proceed against Arnab Goswami and Republic TV.
The kidnapping—followed by the killing of four Indian Air Force officers soon after, and the executions of Intelligence Bureau personnel—made the triumph of jihadism seem inevitable.
The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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