Saji Mohan,the IPS officer arrested by Maharashtra ATS in an alleged case of drug trafficking,had won a Presidents Police Medal for rescuing an entire family by eliminating two top terrorists in Doda in 2004. Two hardcore terrorists had taken shelter in a house at gun-point in Doda. Acting on a tip-off,Saji Mohan,the then Doda SP,took one DSP and a constable,and raided the house,said sources. During the ensuing encounter,the policemen killed the terrorists and rescued the family. All the three policemen went on to win the Presidents medal. The award came in 2005 when Mohan was posted as assistant director at the Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy,Udhampur,sources said. While he was posted as zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau,Chandigarh,before being shifted as deputy director to the Directorate of Enforcement,Kochi,Mohan had the additional charge of zonal director of the NCB,Jammu and Kashmir,and had Personal Security Officers (PSOs) from the Jammu and Kashmir Police. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) will question two of these PSOs,Navin Kumar and Devendra Pal. They are both from Jammu and Kashmir and were always with Mohan as his police attaches. Parambir Singh,Additional Commissioner of Police (ATS),said the probe required verification of Mohans statement and would involve questioning of more people. The ATS is already questioning Balwinder Kumar,Superintendent at Chandigarh NCB,and immediate subordinate of Mohan. It is believed that Mohan used to take the help of his lower constabulary ranks to traffic the stolen drugs. Acting ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi said,Balwinder and Mohan have been giving contradictory statements and further verification is still in progress.
