Two policemen posted on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s security duty were caught trying to extort money from a drug peddler a stone’s throw away from the CM’s house in RT Nagar. The two were arrested on January 13. The incident came to light on Tuesday, when they got bail.
The two, head constable Shiva Kumar and constable Santosh Naukar, caught the drug peddler Akhil Raj and another person in Akhil’s house near Koramangala on January 13. Since the policemen had to report to duty at the CM’s house, they took Akhil and the other man with them to RT Nagar.
According to sources, the police control room received a call around 5 pm on January 13 about an autorickshaw parked suspiciously in RT Nagar with four men in it just 100 metres from Bommai’s house.
A Hoysala vehicle rushed to the spot and found the two policemen in uniform with Akhil and the other man in the auto. The four tried to flee but were caught with the ganja.
Akhil told the police the policemen were demanding money from him to let him go with the ganja.
The two policemen were suspended. RT Nagar head constable Kumar in his complaint said all the four persons were trying to sell the ganja.
DCP (North) Patil Vinayak Vasanthrao said one more peddler is involved in the case.
According to sources Akhil had allegedly paid them Rs 15,000 but the policemen were demanding Rs 1 lakh.
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Published 18 January 2022, 14:27 IST