SHO, among four police personnel, booked for extortion

A case has been registered against the SHO of Jahangirpuri Police Station and three other police personnel for allegedly extorting Rs 1 crore from a scrap dealer during a raid, a senior police official said today.
SHO Naresh Kumar, two constables and a head constable, who were allegedly involved in extorting the amount, have been sent to the district police line and investigation is on, Milind Dumbere, DCP (northwest) said.
The action was taken after Dumbere received a complaint from a woman, who alleged that on November 14 she informed police about a scrap dealer who was hiding Rs 1 crore inside his home after finding a bag containing it, police said.

Following her information, the beat staff of her area conducted a raid at the scrap dealer's home and he was taken to Jahangirpuri Police Station. The next day, the woman got to know that the dealer was let off after the police officials allegedly took the cash from him.
Rs 1 lakh was given to the scrap dealer to leave the city and he left for West Bengal, his native place, police said.
The woman made a PCR call after which she was detained and taken to Jahangirpuri Police Station where she was allegedly threatened by the SHO who asked her to withdraw the complaint.

She alleged that they offered her Rs 2 lakh to not reveal the incident. The woman then approached Dumbere and complained that the four police officials, including the SHO of Jahangirpuri Police Station had taken the money recovered during the raid.