Accused of accepting bribe to ‘let off drug peddlers’, Moga inspector declared PO, booked again on court orders
An officer from Kot Ise Khan police station of Moga confirmed that a fresh FIR against the inspector has been registered on the court order.
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Accused, Inspector Arshpreet Kaur Grewal, who was posted as the station house officer. (Express File)Booked for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh to let off two drug peddlers, the Moga Police has registered another FIR against Punjab Police inspector Arshpreet Kaur Grewal after a local court declared her a proclaimed offender.
The Moga court of CJM Shilpi Gupta declared the inspector a proclaimed offender in an order dated July 2 and ordered the police to register a fresh FIR against her under the section 209 (fail to appear at the specified time and place after being summoned under a proclamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
An officer from Kot Ise Khan police station of Moga confirmed that a fresh FIR against the inspector has been registered on the court order.
Grewal, the former SHO of Kot Ise Khan police station, was booked along with two senior constables in October last year under several sections of the NDPS Act and Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) for allegedly accepting Rs 5 lakh bribe to let off two drug peddlers and showing less recovery of opium than what was actually recovered. Since then, the Moga police failed to arrest her in the case as she was absconding.
According to the FIR, Grewal and her team had apprehended one Amarjit Singh of Datewala road, and recovered 3-kg opium from him. However, along with Amarjit, his brother Manpreet and son Gurpreet were also present.
However, the inspector along with both constables, allegedly struck a deal of Rs 8 lakh via a private person, the FIR claimed. “After accepting Rs 5 lakh as bribe, the inspector let off Manpreet and Gurpreet and the drug peddling case was registered only against Amarjit Singh,” the FIR further said. The recovery in the case was shown as 2-kg of opium instead of 3 kg.
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