In his plea, Singh, an IPS officer of 1987 batch, has maintained the accusations against the Minister and cited his removal as the Mumbai Police chief by transferring him as the Commandant General of the Home Guards.

 

Param Bir Singh had ignited a major political furore last Saturday after he, in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, alleged that Deshmukh had asked arrested-suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze "to collect" Rs 100 crore per month.

 

The MVA government and Anil Deshmukh had dismissed Param Bir Singh's allegations as an attempt to save himself from the ramifications of the SUV Scorpio case and the subsequent death of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiren, and is planning to order a probe against the former city top cop.

 

On his part, Param Bir Singh followed it up by filing a plea in the Supreme Court claiming, among other things, he was pressured to probe the role of certain Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and to implicate them in the February 22 suicide case of Dadra & Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar.

 

The SC refused to entertain his plea and while terming his allegations as of a serious nature, directed him to first approach the Bombay HC.