Extortion case against Param Bir: Thane CP wants one of two special prosecutors removed from case

Thane | Saturday | 27th November, 2021

Summary:

Thane, Nov 27 (PTI) Thane Commissioner of Police Jai Jeet Singh has written a letter to Maharashtra DGP, urging him to cancel the appointment of one of the two special public prosecutors in the case of extortion registered against IPS officer Param Bir Singh.

The, letter which was written on October 11, is doing rounds in media after Param Bir Singh’s appearance at Thane Nagar police station in the city on Friday, where the case of extortion is registered against him.

The letter says, "As per our request, advocate Shekhar Jagtap was appointed as the special public prosecutor in the case on August 9, 2021.

The home department of the state government had made the appointment." "But we have come to know that the state"s law and judiciary department has appointed advocate Pradeep Gharat as the special public prosecutor in the same case on September 30, 2021," it says.

The investigation in the case is in the last stage.

The charge sheet is to be filed in a week and the process of verifying the documents is underway.