IO in Anubhav case suspended

Based on the wrong information furnished by the Inspector, it had been represented in the court that the NBWs were ordered on January 21, 1999, and the police received them only on December 15, 1999. The IO was suspended from service yesterday for furnishing false information, he said.

The correct position was that the Additional CMM had issued the NBWs against 33 accused on June 24. He sent a reminder on September 6 to the Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime. As there was no response, he issued another reminder on November 2, 1999 to the City Commissioner of Police, he said.

Meanwhile, as directed by the judge earlier, the Additional CMM and the Director Genaral of Police submitted a report in the court.

Senior advocate M Ravindran, who had been appointed as an administrator in the case by the court earlier, informed the court that even though the chargesheet was filed in 1998, the police had not frozen the accounts and still some directors of the company were operating them. The police personnel, who were abetting the offence, should be put behind bars, he said.