CM Thackeray took administrative decision to transfer Mumbai CP: Nawab Malik on top cop’s transfer

Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik, on Thursday, shed light on the transfer of Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, a day after he was transferred.

“CM took the administrative decision to transfer Mumbai CP (Param Bir Singh). Due to Sachin Vaze, image of the Mumbai Police was tarnished, his reinstatement was done under a committee headed by CP. Some credibility had to be fixed, that’s why he was transferred,” Nawab Malik said while talking to the reporters.

Singh was under flak over the handling of the bomb scare outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence, in which arrested and suspended API Sachin Vaze is also facing charges.

Senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale, holding additional charge of Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP), has been appointed as the new Mumbai Police Commissioner and replaced Singh, who has been posted to the state Home Guard, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said.

The Leader of Opposition, Fadnavis has been attacking the MVA government over the Waze issue. Earlier this month, the opposition cornered the government over Waze following which he was transferred from Crime Intelligence Unit.

Waze is also facing allegations in the death case of businessman Mansukh Hiran, whose Scorpio with gelatin laden sticks was found near Ambani’s residence.

Vaze is at the focus of a probe by the National Investigating Agency in a case related to the recovery of an SUV with explosives near Ambani’s house in Mumbai. Mumbai police officer Vaze, arrested in the case on March 13 for his alleged role in the crime, was attached to the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the city police’s crime branch till recently. He was suspended after NIA arrested him in the case.