Ten policemen connected with Mumbra police station beneath the Thane City Police Commissionerate have been suspended on Wednesday and a departmental inquiry arrange towards them for allegedly extorting Rs 6 crore from a toy dealer and builder final month.
The suspended policemen have been recognized as inspector Gitaram Shewale, sub-inspectors Ravi Madane and Harshal Kale in addition to constables Pankaj Gaikar, Jagdish Gavit, Dilip Kirpan, Praveen Kumbhar, Ankush Vaidya, Lalit Mahajan and Nilesh Salunkhe.
The departmental inquiry towards them can be carried out by deputy commissioner of police (Zone I), Thane Police.
The 10 policemen, together with three non-public individuals, had on April 12 raided the home of Faisal Memon, a builder and a toy dealer from
Mumbra.
The police had claimed that they obtained a tip-off that Memon was in possession of an enormous quantity of unaccounted money. During the raid, money value Rs 30 crore was seized from his home.
An individual named Shaikh ibrahim Pasha, in a criticism, has alleged that the accused forcibly took Rs 6 crore from Memon to suppress the
case.
Pasha had submitted a written criticism to Thane Police Commissioner Jaijeet Singh on April 25. The letter was additionally marked to the chief minister’s workplace and the house ministry. Sources stated after verifying the info, the ten males have been suspended and a departmental inquiry ordered towards them.
The letter dated April 25 said that round 12 am on April 14, a couple of policemen from Mumbra police station got here to Memon’s residence and carried out searches. They seized money value Rs 30 crore, which the letter claimed was Memon’s “hard-earned money”.
The letter alleged that the police crew took 30 bins containing the Rs 30 crore in money to Mumbra police station whereas accusing Memon of hoarding black cash. It added that to suppress the matter, the policemen demanded half of the cash from Memon, who in flip, agreed to pay Rs 2 crore.
The policemen then allegedly advised him that they might take Rs 2 crore from the bins and return the remaining. However, the letter added that the policemen took Rs 6 crore and returned 24 bins of money. When Memon requested about the remainder of the cash, the accused threatened, assaulted him and requested to go away, the letter stated, in search of an FIR towards the policemen.
“…The money was kept at the cabin of the senior inspector for counting and everything can be seen in the CCTV camera footage,” the letter said.
Jaijeet Singh stated, “Three officers and seven men have been suspended. A departmental inquiry has been ordered against all the suspended personnel. The deputy commissioner of police (Zone 1) will conduct the probe.” He added that no offence has been registered within the matter but.
