Mumbai's Former Top Cop Param Bir Singh, Missing Since October, Surfaces

Mumbai:

Ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh - who faces four cases of extortion and had been missing since October, leading to rumours he had fled the country - has appeared at the Crime Branch offices.

"I will join the investigation as directed by the court," Mr Singh told reporters as he arrived at Mumbai airport earlier today, after flying in from Chandigarh.On Monday, the former Mumbai Police Commissioner's lawyer told the Supreme Court that his client is "not absconding and is in India. Mr Singh was granted protection from arrest and asked by the Supreme Court to join investigations into extortion charges against him.