10 cops suspended as man claims he paid Rs 20K to carry liquor

In the video, Manchanda is seen alleging that traffic police personnel stopped him near Nana Chiloda Circle and asked if he had alcohol in his car. When he said that he had one sealed bottle, “four or five policemen” took him around in their vehicle “harassing him”. He claimed that they first demanded Rs 2 lakh and finally agreed to Rs 20,000, which he paid by UPI.

The police are looking Arun Bharatsinh Hadiyol of Royal Mobile Accessories, the person who received the money via UPI.

Speaking to mediapersons, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic East-Ahmedabad City) Safin Hasan said, “Kanav Manchanda was stopped by traffic police personnel, who illegally took money from him. A video was received by Ahmedabad Police from the media, Manchanda didn’t approach the police.” Traffic Division C has been assigned the case.

Hasan further said, “We have suspended one head constable and two police constables. Also, seven TRB (Traffic Brigade) personnel, who were involved in the act, have been suspended.”

K Division Traffic police station Inspector Agravat has been sent to Delhi with his team to meet Manchanda to see if he wants to file a complaint in the matter, he added.

“(Manchanda’s) vehicle was stopped at 10.30 am and at 11.09 am, we received a screenshot of the financial transaction that took place. The man who received the money, Arun Hadiyol, will be questioned,” Hasan said.

“They (those suspended) were not wearing bodyworn cameras… they should have informed their superior officers (of the incident), but they did not,” he added.

The suspended policemen have been identified as head constable Mahaveersinh Bahadursinh, police constables Vipulsinh Ramsinh and Tushar Bharatsinh as well as TRB personnel Jayesh Manichandra, Nitesh Bhatt, Prakashsinh Jhala, Yuvrajsinh Rathod, Vijay Girish Parmar, Dhanjibhai Gautam and Abhishek Kushwah.