Param Bir Singh (L) took over as city commissioner on Saturday from Sanjay Barve (R)
MUMBAI: After two names were shortlisted by the Maha Vikas Aghadi for the post of Mumbai police commissioner, DGP of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Param Bir Singh was chosen over the other contender, Pune police chief K Venkatesham. It was the NCP which tilted the scales in Singh’s favour, if a senior IPS officer is to be believed.
“Our information is that while the Shiv Sena was in favour of K Venkatasham, he missed the bus following reservations expressed by the NCP,” the IPS officer said-.The state home ministry is with the NCP.
Though Singh had held a press meet on the Elgar Parishad case in his capacity as additional DGP (law and order) to show “proof” against the accused, it was under Venkatasham’s leadership that the Pune police registered offences in the case against activists. NCP chief Sharad Pawar has claimed that the acti