Ludhiana: Cop Held For Blackmailing Chemist

Ludhiana, 16 Jan 2021:

The Basti Jodhewal police registered a case against an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Salem Tabri police station on the charges of blackmailing a chemist shop owner. The accused was identified as Surinder Kumar.

The complainant Gaurav Dutt told the police that on January 14, he was present at his medical store where the ASI came and warned him against selling banned drugs.

The ASI had claimed that he had come from the Jodhewal police station.

The complainant said he tried to convince the cop that he did not sell banned drugs, but the cop threatened to implicate him in a fake drugs case.

The policeman then demanded Rs 50,000 from him, “else he would himself bring banned drugs at his medical store and register a case of drugs in this regard”.

“Since I had Rs 22,000 with me, the accused took the same and told me to hand over the remaining Rs 28,000 the next day. I then approached the police station and got registered a case against the cop,” the complainant added.

Notably, the cop was caught red handed by the police when he was receiving the bribe from the store owner.

A case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered and the accusede was arrested.The Tribune