Tag: Bhimrao Ghadge

  • Atrocities case not to pressurise ex-CP Param Bir Singh to withdraw complaint against Deshmukh: Cop to HC

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Inspector Bhimrao Ghadge filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court on Thursday, saying his case under the Atrocities Act lodged against former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh was not to pressurise him to withdraw his complaint against ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh.

    Ghadge filed the affidavit through his advocate S B Talekar, opposing Singh’s petition seeking to quash the FIR registered against the former Mumbai police commissioner.

    The inspector alleged that Singh has defamed the police force by indulging in corrupt practices during his entire service career.

    Last week, a vacation bench of the HC posted Singh’s petition for hearing on May 21.

    The Maharashtra government had then assured the court that it would not arrest Singh till May 21.

    Singh in his petition filed earlier this month claimed he was being targeted by the Maharashtra government with false criminal cases as a backlash of a letter he wrote in March this year to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in which he levelled corruption allegations against Deshmukh.

    Ghadge in his affidavit termed Singh’s claim as “imaginary, concocted and fictional”.

    “I vehemently deny that the complaint was lodged by me and the FIR was registered by the police in an attempt to pressurise the petitioner (Singh) to withdraw the complaint letter dated March 20, 2021 written by him to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra,” Ghadge said in the affidavit.

    The attempt to link the complaint lodged by Ghadge with the letter written by Singh to the chief minister is baseless, the affidavit said.

    Ghadge also termed as false Singh’s claims that state Director General of Police Sanjay Pandey had conveyed to him that cases were being lodged against him (Singh) following his corruption complaint against NCP leader Deshmukh.

    “The petitioner cannot improve his case or discredit the complaint lodged by merely alleging malafides against Anil Deshmukh, former home minister of Maharashtra, or Sanjay Pandey, Director General of Police of Maharashtra,” the affidavit said.

    It further said Ghadge lodged his first complaint against Singh in January 2016, but at that time the case was not probed and hence, he lodged another complaint this year.

    Ghadge further claimed that when he refused to follow Singh’s directives in a few investigations, the latter implicated him in false and frivolous complaints.

    “The petitioner (Singh) has not only assassinated my character but has also subjected me to humiliation, indignity and mental torture by falsely implicating me in five criminal cases only because I had refused to obey his illegal orders and join hands with him in his corrupt practices,” Ghadge said in the affidavit.

    The FIR was based on a complaint filed by Ghadge, who is posted at Akola in Maharashtra.

    In his complaint, Ghadge had made a series of allegations of corruption againstSinghand other officers, in the period whenSinghwas posted with the Thane police.

    The Akola police had registered a Zero FIR (mode of lodging FIR in any police station irrespective of the offence committed in that area or any other area) and it was later transferred to the Thane police for investigation.

    Ghadge, who was posted in the Thane Police Commissionerate during 2015-2018, had alleged that Singh pressured him to drop the names of some persons from a case and when he refused to do so,Singhembroiled him in false cases.

    The case has been lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence and sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

  • CID records Mumbai cop’s statement over his charges against Param Bir Singh

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday recorded the statement of police inspector Bhimrao Ghadge here in connection with the allegations levelled by him against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, sources said.

    Ghadge, who is posted at Akola, appeared before the CID officials, where his statement was recorded for around two hours, they said.

    He provided information about the FIR, which was registered last month against 33 persons, including Singh, other police officials and private persons.

    In his complaint, Ghadge had levelled serious allegations against Singh, who had also worked as Thane police commissioner.

    Ghadge, who was posted in Thane police commissionerate during 2015-2018, had alleged that during his tenure, several officers there under Singh had indulged in various acts of corruption.

    Ghadge also informed the CID officials about the false cases registered against him, sources said, adding that he has been called again on Thursday.

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

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: 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 life.

    Ghadge, 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 protection.

    “There 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 phone.

    “I 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 claimed.

    The police inspector said he had not received any threatening call or messages.

    “But no one will tell you in advance before causing any harm,” he added.

    An 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), 1989.

    The FIR was then transferred to the Thane city police.

    In 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 police.

    Ghadge, who was posted in Thane police commissionerate during 2015-2018, 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 charge-sheet certain individuals against whom FIRs had been registered Ghadge had also alleged that after he refused to obey Singh’s instructions, five FIRs were registered against him and he was suspended.

    Meanwhile, alleged cricket bookie Sonu Jalan has reiterated allegations of extortion against Singh and other police officers.

    Addressing reporters, Jalan and his lawyer Abha Singh alleged that apart from Singh, former encounter specialist Pradip Sharma and former Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) officer Rajkumar Kothimire had extorted money from him (Jalan).

    Jalan had recently written a letter to Maharashtra Director General of Police alleging that Singh and some other police officials had extorted Rs 3.45 crore from him.

    Earlier, businessman Mayuresh Raut had alleged that Kothmire and Sharma harassed him in 2017 at Singh’s behest and took away two of his luxury cars.

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday recorded statements of Jalan and Raut.