Arrested cop demanded double price ‘for services’

According to Crime Branch and Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) officers,Dhawle demanded double the price of the consignment since heroin is rarely available in the city and thus costs more. “The fact that Dhawle was transporting the consignment in a police vehicle proves he was confident enough and had done this before. We needed Dhawle’s custody to trace the property he bought with the commission money and the syndicate he was working for,” said the officer.

However,the police officers investigating the case are having a tough time interrogating Dhawle as he knows the tactics of questioning and is revealing very little information about the consignment. “We have to use all the tactics we know to get Dhawle to say something. He has revealed very little and we are tying our best to get him to say anything at all as he has been in custody only for two days,” said the officer.

“While trapping Dhawle also we had to be very careful as he was aware of how the police function. We wanted to catch him red-handed with the drugs,” he added.

On Wednesday,Dhawle was remanded in police custody for 14 days. His accomplice identified as Singh was also arrested under Section 29 of the NDPS Act and has been remanded in police custody till March 9.