Non-bailable warrant issued against Param Bir Singh, two others

Param Bir Singh has been issued summons at his Mumbai and Chandigarh residences, but he has failed to appear before the investigators, lawyers Shekhar Jagtap and Sairuchita Chowdhury said, representing the crime branch.

A city magistrate on Saturday issued non-bailable warrants against Param Bir Singh, former Mumbai police commissioner, Riyaz Bhati, a purported aide of gangster Dawood Ibrahim, and one Vinay Singh. The warrants were issued by additional chief metropolitan magistrate Sudhir Bhajipale, who acted on a plea by Mumbai police crime branch, which is investigating an extortion case against Singh and others registered at Goregaon police station.

Param Bir Singh (HT File)

Param Bir Singh has been issued summons at his Mumbai and Chandigarh residences, but he has failed to appear before the investigators, lawyers Shekhar Jagtap and Sairuchita Chowdhury said, representing the crime branch.

The other accused, Riyaz Bhati and Vinay Singh, were served notices under 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code to appear before the investigating officer and they, too, have failed to do so. Their anticipatory bail applications have been rejected by a sessions court, the lawyers argued.