The alleged role of the UP Police sub-inspector came to light during interrogation of constable Narendra, who was brought here on transit remand and arrested yesterday after several rounds of interrogation, an official privy to the investigation said.
Later, when Delhi Police contacted their counterparts in UP enquiring about the sub-inspector, it turned out that he has not reported for duty in the past few days. When a team was sent to his home, they found that he was absconding, he said.
When the sub-inspector came to know about it, Narendra allegedly threatened to frame him and later offered him to join the racket, following which the sub-inspector allegedly became a part of the racket, he said.
Meanwhile, Narendra was today confronted with Jaiveer Singh, believed to be the conduit of the racket, in connection with which five persons have been arrested so far, a senior official said.
Delhi Police had last week busted the CDR racket, involving several private detective agencies, that supplied clients with CDRs wanted by them after charging high rates.
The four persons previously arrested include Jaiveer, Pankaj Tiwari who reportedly owns a media company and a detective agency, Aditya Sharma, a freelance detective and Sanjeev Chaudhary, a sales manager of a management consultancy company.
The three top officials of the management consultancy company are also at large and police are conducting raids to track them down.