FIR registered against Vadodara Police Constable for extorting Rs 1 lakh ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 06:17 IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], January 2 (ANI): Gujarat Police on Friday registered an FIR against a constable in Vadodara in an extortion case. He is accused of being involved in corruption and extortion of Rs 1 lakh from a Mumbai resident.
The constable has been identified as Ramesh Galsar who was deployed at Manjalpur police station in Vadodara. The accused has been booked under the Prohibition and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Karanraj Singh Vaghela, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Zone 3, Vadodara told the media, An FIR was registered against the constable based on the application of Mumbai based complainant alleging misappropriation of his possessions while driving on a highway with extortion of Rs 1 lakh. In his complaint, the complainant said that on November 13, the constable Galsar found two liquor bottles from inside t
Despite questioning him since Monday, investigators are yet to find out names of his three accomplices who aided him in taking money and valuables from the Mumbai-based consultant Amit Kumar. While seeking his remand for a week, cops told the court they have also not been able to find the SUV which Galsar had used on the night of November 13.
Police will also probe into Galsar and his wife’s bank accounts and search his house in Kishanwadi. On Wednesday, an identification parade of Galsar will be conducted before an executive magistrate.
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Police said that the accused cop Ramesh Galsar will be produced before a local court on Tuesday and his custody for interrogation will be sought. “We will be interrogating him about the three civilians who were with him on November 13 and also try to know about the private SUV which they had used,” said deputy commissioner of police Dr Karanraj Vaghela. He added that Galsar will also be suspended in the coming days.
Police officials also said that Galsar and his accomplices had already planned to find somebody who can be booked and then blackmail him for money and other valuables. “On that night, he was not assigned the patrolling duty on the highway but he and his accomplices’ planned to target somebody. so they were there with a private SUV,” Vaghela said.
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VADODARA: A police constable with Manjalpur police station was booked for extortion and corruption as he forcibly took away cash, a smartwatch and a mobile phone from a Mumbai resident who he had caught carrying liquor bottles in his car.
Constable identified as Ramesh Galsar had stopped the man last month while he was on his way to Udaipur. On checking the car, Galsar found two liquor bottles inside the car. But instead of registering a case under prohibition Act, Galsar took Rs 5,000 in cash from the man’s wallet, then his smartwatch, besides his mobile phone and another stack of Rs 15,000 cash from the man’s bag.