NEW DELHI: Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had a look out notice issued against him by the Mumbai police much before his disappearance, according to sources here.
The central agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate, have been tracking his movements seeking his presence before the investigating officers in a money laundering case against ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh.
Singh was summoned by the ED last month for questioning, but the former Mumbai police commissioner had expressed his inability on health grounds. Sources said Singh may be hiding somewhere in the country as he had a look out notice pending against him and was kept on a watch list at all airports.
“There is no chance he would have skipped the immigration authorities had he tried to leave the country, unless he had taken the land route to Nepal to flee,” a senior official pointed out.
The ED is also likely to file a separate case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Singh based on an FIR registered by Mumbai police against him. His former boss and ex-home minister Deshmukh has also gone underground and evaded repeated summons from the ED.
Deshmukh’s arrest is imminent, said sources, as he has exhausted all his legal options and a court has also directed him to surrender and present before the ED.
Singh went underground after a warrant was issued against him for his failure to ap commission constituted by the Maharashtra government to probe his allegations of corruption against Deshmukh.
The ED too had issued summons to him last month seeking his appearance before the investigating officer and is in the process of issuing fresh summons.
