Mumbai: DCP files plea to quash FIR on extortion

Ahmed Ali / TNN / Jul 30, 2021, 04:13 IST

Mumbai: Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Akbar Pathan, who has been named in the FIR in the alleged extortion case registered against Param Bir Singh, has filed a petition in Bombay high court for its quashing. 
Bombay high court on Thursday asked the state how it filed an FIR against a serving police officer (Pathan) without following procedure laid down in law of a preliminary inquiry after his counsel, Niteen Pradhan, said police have not followed proper procedure. 
The SIT should have conducted an inquiry and after the findings of the inquiry, the FIR should have been registered. His petition contended that the IPS officer was doing his duty and denied allegations of corruption. 
The petition is scheduled to come up for hearing on Friday. Sources said other policemen are planning similar petitions in few days.