2 Delhi Police SI, a head constable booked in corruption case

Two Delhi Police Sub-Inspectors and a Head Constable have been booked in a corruption case after a vigilance inquiry suggested that they had illegally detained a jeweller and extorted Rs five lakh from him, police said.
"The trio, posted at Mahendra Park police station of North West district, has been sent to district police lines and they may face further punitive action in the case after through probe," a senior police official said.
A local jeweller had sometime back approached the top brass of Delhi Police accusing the trio of keeping him under illegal detention for nearly 36 hours and released him only after extorting Rs five lakh after threatening him of booking him in a false case.

Police had initiated a vigilance enquiry in the case which found the jeweller's allegations to be true following which disciplinary action against the policemen was taken.
Following the report, a case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the three police personnel and they were sent to the district police lines. Further investigations are on in this case.