Param Bir moves SC seeking CBI probe into Deshmukh's 'corrupt malpractices'

Singh also urged the apex court to grant him protection from further coercive action by the state

Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Monday knocked on the doors of Supreme Court against his transfer to Maharashtra Home Guard department.

Singh, a 1988 batch IPS officer, also sought CBI probe into alleged corrupt malpractices of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. He asked the apex court to grant him protection from further coercive action by the state. 

While quashing his transfer order as illegal, arbitrary, he sought SC for "unbiased, impartial probe" into the minister's conduct.

Under flak for "mishandling" of the bomb scare outside Mukesh Ambani's residence, the Maharashtra government on March 17 transferred Singh from the