The city Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has commenced a Preliminary Enquiry in a disproportionate assets (DA) case against suspended IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, also >accused of rape by a Mumbai-based model.
The move follows the State Home department’s nod for a probe if he owned assets disproportionate to his known source of income, a senior official from the department told The Hindu .
“In the two status reports submitted by the Mumbai Police, there were details of three properties owned by him for which the officer has not been able to give satisfactory answers relating to its source of funds,” a senior official said.
Meanwhile in another departmental inquiry conducted by the Mumbai police, the police on Monday recorded the statement of Mr. Paraskar. The Joint Commissioner of Police - Administration Vivek Phansalkar has been given the mandate to conduct a departmental inquiry to find if he is guilty of professional misconduct.
“There is evidence to show that Mr. Paraskar went beyond his call of duty to ‘help’ the victim. The suspended officer drove in his official car during official working hours when he took the victim to the two spots where the alleged crime took place,” a senior official privy to the probe told The Hindu .
“He also overstepped his mandate by meeting the victim for reasons other than the complaint she had filed. He also accepted gifts from the victim for helping her lodge a case which is in sharp violation to the duty conduct rules,” he added.
The report is expected to be submitted to the Commissioner of Police of Mumbai soon, and then forwarded to the DGP and the Home department.
