16 cops suspended for graft,extortion

The constables,posted in New Friends Colony police station,have been identified as Ravinder,Dheer Singh,Parvaiz and Rajveer.

According to the police,they have been charged with misusing their power to favour their associate,and extortion. The constables are from the 2007-08 police batch,sources said.

According to a senior officer,the four recently approached a local travel agent,Mohammed Zakir,and threatened to implicate him on charges of an emigration racket unless he paid Rs 5 lakh. Zakir reportedly paid part of the amount — Rs 1.5 lakh — and took his complaint to Additional Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Virender Singh Chehal on April 26.

Chehal appointed a committee to look into the allegations.

The four were suspended after the committee found they tried to extort in the interest of their associate,identified as Mohammad Shahadat.

“A case of extortion was registered at New Friends Colony police station under IPC Section 384,” the officer said. “The four were then arrested.”

In another case,10 policemen posted in Jaitpur police station in Southeast Delhi were suspended and sent to the district lines on charges of corruption.

Police officials said the ten,along with their SHO and ACP,were found taking bribes to allow unauthorised construction in the area.

While ACP (Sarita Vihar) V S Pundhir was shifted to the police lines,Jaitpur SHO Jagdish Yadav was suspended after it was found that the two had connived with local property builders and allowed construction on unauthorised sites in Jaitpur.

“Ten cops from Jaitpur police station were suspended for abusing power after a police team,formed to investigate the matter,submitted its findings on April 16,” a senior officer said.