CID inspector accused of misusing seized materials booked in Bengaluru

According to the FIR, Hitendra had failed to hand over the properties that were recovered during crimes related to 24 cases. A police officer said the issue came to light when the courts hearing the cases asked to produce the evidence. When the police checked, they found that materials related to 24 cases were missing though it was shown as recovered. This includes pen drives, digital evidence, gold ornaments, and documents among other things.

According to a police source, the incumbent police inspector of JP Nagar, Radhakrishna T S, who assumed charge from April 24, 2022, had asked Hitendra orally several times to handover the seized materials to which Hitendra never responded positively.

Subsequently, Radhakrishna also made official communications but Hithendra failed to respond. Then, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) issued a notice to Hithendra on May 22 this year, seeking to handover the materials. However, Hithendra did not bother to respond which prompted legal proceedings against the policeman.

Radhakrishna in his complaint said, “Since there is misuse of properties that were recovered by not handing them over to the succeeding officer, necessary legal action has to be initiated against the said officer.”

The police have registered the case under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).