Extortion charges: 4 cops suspended

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

AMBALA: Four police personnel and a local were booked on Saturday on charges of bribery, extortion and wrongful confinement for allegedly threatening to implicate five men in a drug recovery case and extorting Rs 8.35 lakh from them.

Superintendent of police (SP) Surender Pal Singh said four cops posted at Sadhaura police station- assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) Daulat Ram and Rajesh Kumar and head constables (HC) Labh Singh and Jasjeet Singh - and a Shyampur village resident Krishan Kumar, have been named in the FIR.

The complaint has been registered under Sections 384, 342 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

“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.