New Delhi, May 16
The Rajasthan Police have booked 10 police personnel in Ludhiana for allegedly abducting a youth from Jodhpur and implicating him in a false narcotics case in Punjab.
The father of the youth, Prema Ram lodged a complaint in Jodhpur that Ludhiana police abducted his son Manveer (22) in March this year, brought him to Ludhiana and then showed false recovery of 2 kg opium from him. He was abducted from Rajasthan and taken away in an Innova car. The alleged abduction was captured in the CCTV footage procured from toll plazas.
The father alleged that when he contacted senior officers in Ludhiana, no one listened to him, while the junior officers demanded a bribe of Rs 15 lakh to release his son, he wrote in in his complaint. He also claimed that after abducting his son, the Ludhiana police claimed in media that he was a student who indulged in opium smuggling to meet his expenses and make easy money. The Ludhiana police also threatened them that if they disclosed this to anyone, the entire family would be implicated in a false drug case.
Following a court order, the Rajasthan police filed an FIR and registered a case against 10 police personnel of Ludhiana police.
The Ludhiana police stated that they will conduct a separate inquiry and if the police personnel are found guilty, action will be taken against them.
