Station House Officer of Dibai police station in Bulundshahr, Parashuram was suspended on Tuesday and disciplinary action was initiated against him after a telephonic chat alleging senior officers of `extorting’ money for plum postings went viral on social media. SSP of Bulundshahr, KB Singh on Tuesday suspended the Inspector and initiated a probe into the matter after registering a case under relevant act of Cyber Crime.
A social media chat went viral from aphone allotted to the Inpector, in which ‘price tag’ for plum postings was discussed. In the chat, Inspector Parashuram reportedl said that he had paid Rs 50,000 for his posting in Bulandshahr from Noida. The officers accused in the chat for taking `money’ were ADG (Meerut Zone), Prashant Kumar and SSP Bulundshahr, KB Singh. Though later, the Inspector rejected the charges claiming that he was avictim of cyber crime, he was suspended with immediate effect. A probe was alsoi ordered against the website that published and posted the chat as news on social media.