<p>In a significant development, the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday dropped the charges against former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh and revoked his suspension.</p>.<p>Singh, now 59, who was an officer of the 1988 batch hung up his boots while under suspension on 30 June.</p>.<p>Singh had made a series of allegations against then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh putting the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in trouble during March-April, 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/scrap-post-of-governor-uddhav-thackeray-after-sc-verdict-1218122.html" target="_blank">Scrap post of Governor: Uddhav Thackeray after SC verdict</a></strong></p>.<p>Singh had made the allegations after he was shunted out as Mumbai Police Commissioner and made the Commandant General of Home Guards after the planting of a gelatine sticks-laden Scorpio near Antilia, the Carmichael Road residence of Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani and the murder of the Thane-based owner of the SUV Mansukh Hiran.</p>.<p>The now dismissed Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze, who then was heading the Central Intelligence Unit of Crime Branch-CID was arrested in the case. During that time, Singh had alleged that Deshmukh had fixed a collection target of Rs 100 crore per month for Vaze.</p>.<p>He was placed under suspension and action was initiated under Section 8 of the All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969.</p>.<p>A couple of weeks before his retirement, Singh moved an application before the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the revocation of his suspension.<br /><br />Reacting to the development, NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said, “All those who helped defame the MVA government are now getting washed clean in a washing machine. Today, it is Param Bir Singh. Who is next?”</p>
<p>In a significant development, the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday dropped the charges against former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh and revoked his suspension.</p>.<p>Singh, now 59, who was an officer of the 1988 batch hung up his boots while under suspension on 30 June.</p>.<p>Singh had made a series of allegations against then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh putting the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in trouble during March-April, 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/scrap-post-of-governor-uddhav-thackeray-after-sc-verdict-1218122.html" target="_blank">Scrap post of Governor: Uddhav Thackeray after SC verdict</a></strong></p>.<p>Singh had made the allegations after he was shunted out as Mumbai Police Commissioner and made the Commandant General of Home Guards after the planting of a gelatine sticks-laden Scorpio near Antilia, the Carmichael Road residence of Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani and the murder of the Thane-based owner of the SUV Mansukh Hiran.</p>.<p>The now dismissed Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze, who then was heading the Central Intelligence Unit of Crime Branch-CID was arrested in the case. During that time, Singh had alleged that Deshmukh had fixed a collection target of Rs 100 crore per month for Vaze.</p>.<p>He was placed under suspension and action was initiated under Section 8 of the All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969.</p>.<p>A couple of weeks before his retirement, Singh moved an application before the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the revocation of his suspension.<br /><br />Reacting to the development, NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said, “All those who helped defame the MVA government are now getting washed clean in a washing machine. Today, it is Param Bir Singh. Who is next?”</p>