Cops take bribe from colleague, get transferred
The complainant, who was forced to pay a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, is an officer attached to a police station in the high range area.
The complainant, who was forced to pay a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, is an officer attached to a police station in the high range area.
The complainant, who was forced to pay a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, is an officer attached to a police station in the high range area.
Nedumkandam: The Circle Inspector (CI) and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Nedumkandam police station have been transferred for allegedly extorting money from a colleague by threatening to implicate him in a false case by portraying the suicide of his father as murder.
The complainant, who was forced to pay a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, is an officer attached to a police station in the high range area.
Idukki District Police Chief K B Venugopal forwarded the transfer orders of CI B Ayoob Khan and ASI Sabu M Mathew to the Inspector General of Police, Kochi Range.
Ayoob Khan has been transferred to the Mullaperiyar station while Sabu will be posted in the District Crime Records Bureau.
Special Branch SI Rajendra Kurup, who attempted to cover up the actions of the duo, has been sent to the Armed Reserve (AR) camp as part of disciplinary action.
According to the officials, the complainant’s father Ilappunkal Meeran Ravuthar, 86, of Prakash Gram, near Thookkupalam, was found dead with his throat slit in the toilet of his house on September 6. Preliminary forensic examinations suggested that Ravuthar might have committed suicide depressed over prolonged illness.
However, the CI and the ASI, who visited the spot, threatened to implicate the deceased person’s son in a false murder case and demanded money from him. On August 11, the latter went to the CI’s office and handed over Rs 1 lakh to officials. Thereafter, he lodged a complaint with the District Police Chief.
Disciplinary action was initiated against the two officers after DySP P Sukumaran of the District Crime Records Bureau, who conducted a preliminary investigation, found the allegations to be true.
As per the complaint received by the district police chief, the CI and the ASI had repeatedly threatened him by saying that: “your father was a wealthy person. You will be arraigned in a murder case if you are not ready to pay us.”
When the complainant arrived at his office to hand over the amount, the CI came out of his room as he was apprehensive of getting caught by Anti-Corruption Bureau officials. It was said that a portion of the amount was given to the ASI.