Punjab woman cop booked for taking Rs 5 lakh bribe, letting off drug peddlers

The FIR stated that connected October 1, Grewal and her squad apprehended 1 Amarjit Singh from Datewala Road, recovering 3 kg of opium from him. His member Manpreet and lad Gurpreet were besides with him erstwhile helium was apprehended.

However, according to the FIR, the inspector and the constables allegedly struck a woody of Rs 8 lakh via a backstage person. “After accepting Rs 5 lakh arsenic bribe, the inspector fto disconnected Manpreet and Gurpreet and the cause peddling lawsuit was registered lone against Amarjit Singh,” the FIR stated, adding that the betterment successful the lawsuit was shown arsenic 2 kg opium alternatively of 3 kg.

In the caller FIR, Manpreet and Gurpreet were besides booked on with the constabulary unit nether sections 7 (Offence relating to nationalist servant being bribed) and 13 (2) [criminal misconduct] of the Prevention of Corruption Act; and 18 (punishment for contravention successful narration to opium poppy and opium) and 59 (failure of serviceman successful work oregon his connivance astatine the contravention of the provisions ) of the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

While elder constable Gurpreet Singh was posted arsenic caput munshi of the constabulary station, Rajpal Singh was posted astatine Balkhandi constabulary post, and some of them allegedly conspired with the inspector to fto disconnected 2 cause peddlers.

Moga Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Gandhi said the inspector and some constables were absconding and were yet to beryllium arrested. “The FIR has been registered based connected a tip-off. We are yet to apprehension them. More facts volition beryllium revealed erstwhile they are arrested,” said the SSP.

In June this year, a household from Bohana colony accused the inspector of “covering up” the alleged drug-related decease of their 24-year-old lad arsenic “heart attack”. Grewal, however, had denied the allegations.