The Karnataka Police on Sunday suspended a police sub-inspector and three constables after they had been booked for allegedly extorting Rs 3.70 lakh from a Tamil Nadu businessman.
“The accused policemen — Chamarajanagar district CEN sub-inspector Ayyana Gowda and constables Basavanna, Ramesh, and Mohan — are at present absconding,” mentioned B T Kavitha, Chamarajanagar Superintendent of Police.
In line with the police, the incident befell on July 26 when the businessman, Sachidananda Murthy, had come to Chamarajanagar city with Rs 3 lakh as per the directions of two people named Syed Ansari and Imran, who had lured him right into a money-doubling scheme.
The police mentioned that whereas Murthy was ready for the lads at a lodge, the accused policemen had been at his doorstep, stating that they had been conducting a raid and seized the money.
The accused officers, together with Chamarajanagar district CEN sub-inspector Ayyana Gowda, allegedly threatened to arrest Murthy for storing “black cash” and demanded Rs 4 lakh to let him free, the police mentioned.
Murthy gave them the money of Rs 3 lakh and likewise transferred Rs 70,000 through Cellphone Pe to Ansari. Later, he filed a criticism with the Chamarajanagar city police. The function of the policemen got here to gentle following the arrest of Imran and Ansari.
Particular groups have been shaped to nab the accused policemen, mentioned Kavita.