Two policemen arrested in connection with an extortion case

The Thousand Lights police have arrested a police sub-inspector (SI) and a special sub-inspector (SSI), who had already been arrested along with three others in connection with an extortion case.

Last December, they were arrested for stealing an unaccounted amount of ₹20 lakh from a man. The victim, who was carrying the unaccounted cash, was stopped by SSI Raja Singh, attached to the Triplicane police station. He then alerted Income Tax officers Dhamodharan, Prabhu, and Pradeep, who came to the spot. They took the victim in a car, held him at knifepoint, and took the money.

Based on a complaint, the police arrested Raja Singh, Dhamodharan, Prabhu, and Pradeep. Subsequently, the police arrested Sunny Lloyd, a SI who was attached to the Saidapet police station, who was a key suspect in the extortion racket.

The police interrogated Sunny Lloyd for the past four days. Following his confession, the police registered a fresh case and arrested him and Raja Singh again. The investigation revealed that they had robbed ₹20 lakh from another person in a similar manner. They took Sunny Llyod to his native of Pudukadai in Kanniyakumari district and interrogated him. The police also recovered incriminating documents, including those of properties in Avadi and Velachery.

SSI gets 5 years’ RI

In another case, a special court has convicted and sentenced a SSI to five-year rigorous imprisonment for receiving a bribe of ₹1,500. He was also imposed with a fine of ₹1 lakh.

According to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Premkumar of Washermenpet had borrowed ₹20,000 from a money lender. The money lender received a blank cheque and unsigned stamp paper from Premkumar. When the complainant did not return the money as promised, the lender preferred a complainant with the Washermenpet police. SSI of police Jayakumar investigated the case. Following this, Premkumar returned the money to the lender, who in turn, gave the blank cheque leaf and unsigned stamp paper to Jayakumar.

Later, Jayakumar demanded ₹1,500 as bribe to return the cheque and unsigned stamp paper. Premkumar lodged a complaint with the DVAC, Chennai Detachment. A trap was set on February 4, 2011, and Jayakumar was arrested after receiving the bribe.