Patna, Jan 12: A so called honest Police officer of Bihar has been arrested on the charge of intercepting the car of a person and snatching Rs 32 lakh from him in Saran district but a home guard Anil Kumar who was also allegedly involved in the crime was absconding.
The SHO was suspended and departmental proceedings have been initiated against him.
It said that the incident took place when man was going to Muzaffarpur in his car & according to his complaint, he was carrying Rs 64 lakh in two bags. His vehicle was stopped by a police vehicle that belonged to the Maker police station but one of the policemen took both the bags to the police vehicle but after sometime one of them returned one bag to Kumar and asked him to leave the spot.
The policeman also threatened to lodge a false case of violation of prohibition laws against the complainant, the SP told the media.
The matter was investigated by a senior police official, and it was found that the allegations levelled by the complainant were true. Later, police arrested the SHO.
The police also recovered Rs 32 lakh from the house of Anil Kumar, a home guard, who was with the SHO when the incident happened but Anil Kumar is absconding,” the SP said.
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