'Non-Bailable Warrant only option': Magistrate court's order on Param Bir Singh accessed

A day after the Magistrate court heard the Maharashtra CID's plea, Republic on Thursday accessed the order of the third Non-Bailable Warrant issued against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. In the order that was passed after hearing the CID at length, the court has noted that the offences Param Bir Singh had allegedly committed were non-bailable in nature, and the former Mumbai Police Commissioner was trying to evade arrest.

"In this circumstanstance, the non-bailable warrant against accused Param Bir Singh is required to be issued. Hence, issue a non-bailable warrant against the accused Param Bir Singh," the court said in the order. In the said case which was filed at Marine Drive Police station, apart from the former Mumbai Police Commissioner, 7 others namely DCP Akbar Pathan, PI Asha Korke, PI Nandkumar Gopale, Sunil Jain, Shrikant Shinde, Sanjay Patil and Sanjay Punamiya have been named. All 8 including, Param Bir Singh been charged under IPC Sections 387, 388, 389, 403, 409, 420, 423, 464, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120b, 166, 167, 177, 181, 193, 195, 195, 203,211,209,210,209,210,347,111,113,110. 

The NBW issued on Wednesday is the third NBW against Param Bir Singh- the first one was issued in relation to the Koregaon case while the second one was issued in relation to the Thane case. The development comes at a time when Param Bir Singh has been reported missing, and there is no confirmation on his whereabouts.

Everything was done under Param Bir Singh'

Meanwhile, the CID on Monday made the first arrest in the said extortion case, taking into custody Police Inspector Asha Korke and Nandkumar Gopale. "Everything was done under the sky of Param Bir Singh," Public Prosecutor Shekhar Jagtap argued as police Inspector Nandakumar Gopale and Inspector Asha Korke were produced before the Killa Court on Tuesday. 

During the hearing for their custody, Public Prosecutor Shekhar Jagtap asserted that while Param Bir Singh was the mastermind, Inspector Nandakumar Gopale and Inspector Asha Korke were also active in the extortion racket being run in Mumbai. Jagtap, taking the case of complainant Shyamsunder Agrawal, said, "Asha Korke and Nandkumar Gopale went to Mira Bhayander, and met Shyamsunder Agrawal's brother Sharad Agrawal saying if they wanted to evade the arrest of Shyam Sunder, ransom needed to be paid. Where after, money was paid by Sharad Agrawal.

The lawyers of both Nandakumar Gopale and Asha Korke responded to Public Prosecutors arguments. Nandkumar Gopale's lawyer asked, 'I am a police inspector, how can a Police Inspector level officer call the CP and talk about 50 lakhs of extortion?". On the other hand, Asha Korke's lawyer pointed out that he had been cooperating with the investigating agencies right from the beginning despite there being no evidence against him. 

After hearing all sides, the Court remanded Nandkumar Gopale & Asha Korke to 7-day CID custody. The duo will stay in custody till November 16. 

Besides this case, Param Bir Singh has four other extortion cases filed against him.