JAIPUR: The six-month-old drama came to an end on Friday evening when suspended police officer Aas Mohammad surrendered before the Kota unit of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection to the high-profile bribery case of Jaipur’s police commissionerate. The accused officer who was posted as assistant commissioner of police, Jhotwara, after attempting legal remedy, surrendered before additional superintendent of police, ACB, Kota, who is also the investigating officer of the bribery case. He will be brought to Jaipur and produced in a court.
The ACB officers about a month ago handed over the case to Thakur Chandra Sheel, the additional SP, ACB posted at Kota.
Six months ago, when sleuths of ACB busted a corruption nexus running across the ranks from head constable to assistant commissioner of police, Jhotwara, the name of Aas Mohammad, the then ACP, Jhotwara emerged in the investigation. “Since then, he was on the run while our teams were making raids on his possible whereabouts including his house in Alwar and Jaipur. We had also built a lot of pressure on him and his arrest was inevitable,” said Alok Tripathi, director general of police, ACB.
“He was the key beneficiary in the bribery nexus of Jhotwara police station. This came up in our investigation of the case in which firstly our team had arrested one middleman followed by Battu Khan, the then head constable of Jhotwara police station,” Tripathi added. Mohammad arrived at the ACB, Kota office around 4.30am while the officers initiated the process of making his arrest papers. “He will be produced in a court on Saturday when we will seek remand,” said Chandra Sheel.
It may be recalled that the ACB on February 13 this year arrested Sumant Singh, a middleman for accepting a bribe of nearly Rs one lakh on behalf of the police officials of Jhotwara police station. The investigation of the case led to the arrest of Battu Khan, the then head constable and one assistant public prosecutor Chandrabhan Joshi in this connection.
Since then Aas Mohammad, the then assistant commissioner of police, Jhotwara and Pradeep Charan, the then station house officer of Jhotwara police station, were on the radar of ACB since they appeared to be the facilitators and key beneficiaries of the corruption nexus.
The ACB officers about a month ago handed over the case to Thakur Chandra Sheel, the additional SP, ACB posted at Kota.
Six months ago, when sleuths of ACB busted a corruption nexus running across the ranks from head constable to assistant commissioner of police, Jhotwara, the name of Aas Mohammad, the then ACP, Jhotwara emerged in the investigation. “Since then, he was on the run while our teams were making raids on his possible whereabouts including his house in Alwar and Jaipur. We had also built a lot of pressure on him and his arrest was inevitable,” said Alok Tripathi, director general of police, ACB.
“He was the key beneficiary in the bribery nexus of Jhotwara police station. This came up in our investigation of the case in which firstly our team had arrested one middleman followed by Battu Khan, the then head constable of Jhotwara police station,” Tripathi added. Mohammad arrived at the ACB, Kota office around 4.30am while the officers initiated the process of making his arrest papers. “He will be produced in a court on Saturday when we will seek remand,” said Chandra Sheel.
It may be recalled that the ACB on February 13 this year arrested Sumant Singh, a middleman for accepting a bribe of nearly Rs one lakh on behalf of the police officials of Jhotwara police station. The investigation of the case led to the arrest of Battu Khan, the then head constable and one assistant public prosecutor Chandrabhan Joshi in this connection.
Since then Aas Mohammad, the then assistant commissioner of police, Jhotwara and Pradeep Charan, the then station house officer of Jhotwara police station, were on the radar of ACB since they appeared to be the facilitators and key beneficiaries of the corruption nexus.
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