Chandigarh

Four cops booked for extortion

SUBHASH CHAUHAN

The Ambala Cantt police have booked four Railway Protection Force (RPF) cops for allegedly extorting money from an Ambala based disposal goods dealer.

Sadar police station registered a case against four persons including Rajiv Nagpal, RPF inspector and constable Dheeraj, Rajesh and Prem Chand.

Disposal goods dealer Raj Pal had complained that the RPF Inspector involved him in a fake case registered against him to extract money. The complainant said, Nagpal had collected from him an amount Rs35,000 to hush up a false case against him.

Jangsher Singh, SHO Sadar police station, said the investigation carried in this regard revealed that the complainant was falsely implicated in a case for purchasing railway stolen goods sometime ago for money. The SHO said no arrests have been made so far.