Five policemen who allegedly extorted Rs 20,000 from two college students in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad city, have been placed under suspension. A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against the accused policemen, they said.
According to available details, two head constables and three constables approached a girl and a boy sitting in a car parked outside the Indirapuram Habitat Centre on July 22. The policemen forcibly got inside the car and threatened to call their parents and send them to jail, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ghaziabad, Sudhir Kumar Singh said.
“The police team asked the students to cough up Rs 20,000 to avoid prosecution. The students paid them the money”, the SSP said.
Later, the boy tweeted about the incident to OP Singh the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, following which SP (city) Shlok Kumar was directed to look into the charges, the SSP said adding that the SP’s inquiry found the five policemen guilty, he said.
Head constables Keshav Ram and Surendra Singh and constables Amit Kumar, Somesh and Amit Mishra were suspended on Thursday, the SSP said. A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against them. If they are found guilty, they could also be terminated from duty, Singh said.