Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Sunday recovered Rs 30 lakh from a dismissed police Inspector Parminder Singh Bajwa from the house of his in-laws at Samey Wali village in Muktsar district.
The absconding Inspector Bajwa has been arrested on September 22 from Raipur, Jhalagrah district in Rajasthan in a joint operation of the Punjab Police and the VB. After this, the Ferozepur court sent him on four days police remand to the VB, said the spokesperson.
Giving more details, the spokesperson said that the complainant, Bhanwar Lal — resident of Parik Baas, police station Kalu, Bikaner, Rajasthan — had lodged a police complaint on July 20, 2022, that his brother Ashok Joshi, residing at Ludhiana, had dispatched his employee named Gautam with a taxi driver Kawaljit Singh to get a payment amounting to Rs 86 lakh from Moga.
“But on the fateful day, Inspector Bajwa (348/Ferozepur), along with an Assistant Sub-Inspector Angrej Singh (145/Ferozepur) and Rajpal Singh (1235/Ferozepur) and Head Constable Joginder Singh (145/Ferozepur), waylaid the taxi and confiscated the whole amount — that is Rs 86 lakh from the employee of his brother and taxi driver,” he added.
He informed that in order to misappropriate this amount, the said police officials have registered a false case under NDPS Act at Ferozepur Cantt police station while showing a recovery of one kg heroin and Rs five lakh pertaining to the drug money from Gautam and taxi driver.
Taking a swift action on the complaint, the Punjab Police had registered a separate case against all the police officials and arrested both the ASIs — Angrej Singh and Rajpal Singh and Head Constable Joginder Singh who have been lodged in the jail, he said.
Spokesperson added that the case was transferred to the VB while the accused Inspector Bajwa was on the run who is now under police remand. Further investigation in this case is under progress, he added.