New extortion case slapped on gangster Tapan

Durg Police on Thursday registered a case against notorious gangster Tapan Sarkar, confined in Central Jail, Durg for extorting money and properties. This had also raised question over the Durg jail administration as how he was indulging in extortion even after being a prisoner, lodged in the jail.

Talking to The Pioneer, Durg Inspector General of Police (IGP) GP Singh told that the gangster had been slapped with new charges of extortion and under sections 384, 420, 467, 468 of IPC. He had changed the property rights of a Director of a Chit-Fund company, into his name by using his goons, already present in barracks of the jail. Director is also in the same jail, the police official said.

The victim Chit-Fund company Director Amit Shrivastava is in jail for a fraud case. His properties were already attached by the police as part of probe and seizures. Tapan by intimidating Amit through his goons in jail forced him to register 3 plots worth 7 crores each in posh Priyadarshini Colony locality of steel city.

All these are already attached by the police, the official said.

Police IG further stated that “The gangster Tapan runs his empire from Central Jail Durg and his men are present in all the 11 barracks of it”. He uses mobile phone to talk to his goons outside and even runs a ‘Dhaba’ in jail, he said.

He uses his power and extorted property of Amit from there by manipulating through his goons and had named it on his name, he further added.