Cop booked for lodging false cases against dhaba owner who asked him to pay up

An FIR has been registered here against a head constable and other unnamed persons for allegedly implicating 10 people including a dhabha owner in false cases allegedly for demanding money for the food they served to policemen last month officials saidThe FIR has been registered against Head Constable Shailendra and others for implicating 10 persons including customers at a dhaba in several false cases when dhabha owner Pushpendra Yadav demanded money from the constable for the food that was served to them a senior official said citing the FIRThe policeman was booked on Tuesday under various Indian Penal Code IPC sections including 384 extortion and 211 false charge of offence he said The FIR was registered on the basis of an inquiry conducted by Additional SP Crime Rahul Kumar based on a complaint lodged by Pushpendras younger brother PraveenIn the complaint Praveen had alleged that Inspector of Kotwali Dehat Indresh Pal Singh and two Head Constables Shailendra and Santosh Kumar had lodged false cases by implicating 10 persons including himASP Kumar said the policemen took help of local liquor gangster Bantu Yadav who allegedly provided the police personnel with illicit alcohol and ganja Police is also trying to trace his whereaboutsKotwali Dehat police had earlier claimed that they raided the dhaba in Jasram village in the evening of February 4 after getting information that some criminals were planning to commit a robbery and they arrested 10 persons from the dhaba after an encounter recovering countrymade pistols liquor and ganja from their possessionAmong the 10 arrested from the dhaba were Praveens elder brother Pushpendra Yadav 34 cousin Deepak Yadav 24 and eight others The accused were booked on charges including attempt to murder sections of the Excise Act the Arms Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPSMeanwhile the SHO was suspended last week in a separate matter when a surprise inspection led to the discovery of 1400 cartons of seized liquor missing from the strong room of the police station under his inchargeThe victim Praveen who is a B Tech graduate told media that on February 4 afternoon the two head constables came to his dhaba on a bike and had lunch After having their lunch the two policemen did not pay up the food bill when asked to and they started abusing and left the place he allegedLater a large number of policemen arrived in the dhaba and took me and even some customers present at the time to the police station where all were beaten up he saidAfter being released from prison on bail Praveen took up the matter and wrote several letters to senior officials and later Etah District Magistrate Vibha Chahal ordered an inquiry into it the engineering graduate addedI remained in jail for around 40 days and my friends are still insiderdquo Praveen said Addtional Director General of Police Agra Rajiv Krishna said the matter has come to his knowledgeThe charges against the policemen are very serious I have issued orders to immediately suspend the policemen involved in the matter and take legal action also he said The probe into the matter has been transferred from Etah to a team of policemen from nearby Aligarh district he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever