Controversial Head Constable Amit Tomar is likely to undergo a lie detector test as the Crime Branch has moved court to elicit the truth behind the extortion racket allegedly being run by him.
The Crime Branch moved an application before the concerned court as Tomar has been obfuscating the probe by dishing out alibis and pleading amnesia. Police sources said that the accused HC Tomar was not cooperating with the investigation and was not replying to questions posed by the investigating officer (IO).
“After failing to recover the hard disk of the travel agent’s computer and other documents from the accused HC Tomar, the sleuths of Crime Branch have decided to conduct a lie detector test. legal proceedings are on to subject him to this scientific test,” sources said.
The accused SI Nagender had admitted in his disclosure statement that he, along with HC Tomar and another Constable Kaushal, who is still absconding, had kidnapped the complainant Thakur from his residence and demanded hush money from his father and the hard disk of his computer was never returned to owner.
“During questioning, Tirkey denied his connivance with the accused HC Tomar and denied awareness of any illegal activity of HC Tomar,” police sources said, adding that the process to dismiss HC Tomar from service has been initiated.
“On November 4, three police personnel, SI Nagender Tomar, HC Amit Tomar and Constable Kaushal, came to his coaching centre. He was told that printing of railway tickets was illegal and the hard disk to his computer was seized. They took him to Nehru Place police post in a private vehicle, called his father and demanded Rs 5 lakh ransom. Thakur was released after Rs 1.5 lakh was coughed up,” the officer added.