Video of jawan taking bribe goes viral, cop suspended
TNN | Updated: Nov 28, 2018, 06:05 IST
Representative image LUCKNOW: A video showing a Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) jawan extorting money from driver of a tractor-trolley near Dubagga police out-post in Kakori was shared extensively on social media on Tuesday after which he was booked and the outpost in charge was suspended. In the video, PRD jawan Raj Kumar is seen asking for money from driver of a tractor-trolley.
When the driver confronts him and asks with whose permission is he taking money and to whom he would gives it, Raj Kumar names sub-inspector Dubagga police post Amit Tiwari. The video was filmed by a passerby who posted it on social media on Tuesday.
Taking cognizance of the video, Lucknow SSP Kalanidhi Naithani suspended the in charge of Dubagga police outpost and ordered that an FIR to be registered against PRD jawan . An inquiry has also been ordered in the incident and it will be conducted by CO Mohanlalganj. Naithani said that an enquiry was ordered which showed that PRD jawan Raj Kumar deployed near Dubagga fruit market was told by S-I Amit Tiwari to extort money from truck and tractor-trolley drivers coming from districts like Hardoi and Kannauj at night for entry in the city.
Police booked Raj Kumar on charges of extortion.
Earlier, head constable Jai Shanker Pandey was sent to the lines on August 7 for demanding bribe from a man in Para after his video had gone viral.
When the driver confronts him and asks with whose permission is he taking money and to whom he would gives it, Raj Kumar names sub-inspector Dubagga police post Amit Tiwari. The video was filmed by a passerby who posted it on social media on Tuesday.
Taking cognizance of the video, Lucknow SSP Kalanidhi Naithani suspended the in charge of Dubagga police outpost and ordered that an FIR to be registered against PRD jawan . An inquiry has also been ordered in the incident and it will be conducted by CO Mohanlalganj. Naithani said that an enquiry was ordered which showed that PRD jawan Raj Kumar deployed near Dubagga fruit market was told by S-I Amit Tiwari to extort money from truck and tractor-trolley drivers coming from districts like Hardoi and Kannauj at night for entry in the city.
Police booked Raj Kumar on charges of extortion.
Earlier, head constable Jai Shanker Pandey was sent to the lines on August 7 for demanding bribe from a man in Para after his video had gone viral.
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