Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

Extortion charges: 4 cops suspended

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DSP (Bilaspur) Aashish Chaudhary will probe all the allegation­s; the policemen will remain under suspension till the probe is complete

THE SUSPENDED COPS TOOK ₹30,000 FROM ONE RAMAN, WHO RUNS AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP, FOR NOT IMPLICATIN­G HIM IN A DRUG CASE

“DSP (Raduar) Rajat Gulia probed the matter and the case was registered at Sadhaura police station based on a source report submitted by him, SP Surender said.

“Now, DSP (Bilaspur) Aashish Chaudhary will probe all the allegation­s and till then, the policemen will remain under suspension. Officials not work honestly will be dealt with accordingl­y,” the SP added. According to the police, the suspended cops took Rs 30,000 from one Raman, who runs an auto repair shop, in lieu of not implicatin­g him in a drug case in April. His friend Sandeep complained to ADGP, Ambala range, Shrikant Jadhav and an enquiry was conducted by DSP Gulia.

The drug case

“The drug case relates to the recovery of 98.33gm opium from one Gaurav on April 29. A case registered on complaint of ASI Rajesh the next day. ASI Daulat Ram was given the investigat­ion. On April 30, the cops held Raman for allegedly having links with Gaurav and took him to the police station,” the FIR copy read.

On this, Gaurav’s family was informed and his brother Rajji along with Sandeep and Krishna reached the police station where Raman was threatened. However, Krishna negotiated with the cops, who asked for Rs 40,000 and a deal was fixed at Rs 30,000, the FIR further read.sandeep told the DSP that the amount was given to Krishna, who handed it over to the cops and Raman was freed.

“The next morning, I found a police vehicle outside Rajan’s place and got to know that they extorted Rs 80,000 from him two days later.

I also got to know that the policemen have taken Rs 25,000 from Babbal, Rs 2 lakh from Shanty and Rs 5 lakh from Vikram Bhogpur in a similar manner,” he added.

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