State police would register their strong protest with the top cop of the Bihar police in connection with excesses made on the inspector of crime branch of Moradabad police, by superintendent of police of Patna. ``The report by DIG Moradabad, Gulab Singh has been submitted to the DGP, AK Gupta and now we are examining it before registering their protest with the Bihar police", disclosed IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh, while informing about receiving of findings of Gulab Singh in the said matter. Briefing the media persons here on Tuesday evening, Ganesh said that the report pointed that the inspector made all the proceedings lawfully but he was still harassed in the name of demanding money from the accused involved in SIM Card racket.
It may be mentioned that crime branch inspector of Moradabad police, Surya Chandra, was reportedly detained in Patna on last Sunday by SP, central, Shivdeep lande for allegedly demanding a bribe from a Patna-based SIM card trader in connection with a case. The move resulted in trading of charges between UP Police and Bihar Police, but the drama came to an end after the crime branch officer was released. The matter again take a turn when Sarya Chandra, who reached back Moradabad, alleged that he was illegally detained without any evidence by the Patna SP. Subsequently, DGP office has sought a report in this regard from DIG Moradabad, Gulab Singh.
Moradabad SSP also disclosed that the team of crime branch officials headed by SHO rank inspector Sarva Chandra went to Patna to investigate a cyber crime case of SIM cloning on last Friday. SSP love Kumar said, "During the investigation, the crime branch officials have interrogated a suspect named Pankaj, who is a resident of Patna and runs a cyber cafe. Pankaj is a prime suspect in the crime which the officials were investigating." Officials said that on January 4, SP, city, Shiv Deep lande, clad in jeans and red T-shirt, posed as a commoner along with other plain cloths Bihar Police constables and nabbed Sarya Chandra in the busy market outside the cyber cafe of the suspect.
"The way the SP treated our officer who was in police uniform at the time of his detention was highly objectionable. If he had any information against our officers about demanding a bribe, being a superior rank officer, he must have acted according to law and not just detained the cop making baseless allegations". On his part, SP Shiv Deep said Pankaj had called up and alleged that crime branch officials were pressuring him to pay Rs 10,000 for a clean chit in the case. "The police officials had allegedly threatened to arrest him and take him to Moradabad if he failed to pay them a bribe," he added.