NOIDA: MP COP’S SERVICE REVOLVER ROBBED IN SEC 18 RECOVERED, ONE ARRESTED
NOIDA: Police on Sunday night recovered the Madhya Pradesh police sub-inspector’s licensed revolver that was allegedly stolen from the Sector 18 market nearly two months ago. A man was arrested in connection with the case, police said on Monday.
On December 18 last year, a case was registered at Sector 20 police station regarding the loot of service pistol of a police officer from Madhya Pradesh, who, along with his two colleagues, was in Noida for an investigation in a financial fraud case. Five people in a car had accosted the MP police outside a bank in the Sector 18 market and then fled with the weapon.
During investigation, it was found that the visiting police personnel were extorting money from a Noida-based businessman and his brother who were under probe by them. Some friends of the businessmen had stolen the pistol in a bid to confront the cops about the blackmail, police said.
Later, the three MP policemen were arrested by the Noida police on December 19 last year and fresh charges were added against them in Noida.
The two brothers were also arrested by sector 20 police while police started to identify the people involved in the robbery.
“We got inputs about the movement of the car which was used in the robbery. Following this, a team was formed and the car was intercepted near the Rajnigandha underpass,” said Rakesh Kumar Singh, station house officer (SHO), sector 20 police station.
The SHO said that police recovered the licensed service pistol of the MP policeman from the car and arrested the suspect, Rajkumar Tiwari, a native of Delhi.
Singh said that Tiwari was not a part of the robbery in December last year, but was hiding the weapon and the car with him and was on his way to dispose of the two when he was arrested. He was produced before a magistrate and later sent to jail.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday asked the Delhi Police to ascertain the whereabouts of a 27-year-old man, who had allegedly gone missing from the Nangloi area during the tractor rally on Republic Day, held by farmers protesting against the Centres three farm laws.
A bench of justice Siddharth Mridul and justice Anup J Bhambhani directed the police to update it about the whereabouts of the missing man, Bajinder, on a plea filed by his cousin Baljeet.
Baljeet in his complaint said his brother was missing since January 26 when he had participated in the rally. He also raised the suspicion that the police had “illegally detained” Bajinder since they were deliberately putting off the registering of a missing person complaint.
Baljeet said he had tried searching for his brother in the neighbouring areas and have also contacted all relatives and friends, but Bajinder could not be found nor traced. Baljeet said he went to the Nangloi police station multiple times for registration of a missing person complaint.
“…however to his complete shock, the police refused to register any missing person complaint and further failed to take any action on his plea.
“The inaction and negligent attitude have led to the apprehension that the brother of the petitioner (Bajinder) has been illegally detained by the police and therefore, they are deliberately resisting the writing of any official complaint / FIR and providing any information…,” the plea said.
The court listed the matter for February 9.
The tractor parade on January 26, which was to highlight the demands of the farmer unions currently sitting on a protest at Delhi’s borders, had resulted in violence in the national capital. Thousands of protesters had allegedly broke through barriers, and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort.