Pramesh S Jain
A Police Inspector among 11 police personnel have been suspended pending departmental inquiry for hand in glove with a gang of peddlers selling drugs to be used as sedatives in and around the West Division .
The chamarajpet Police Inspector,T Manjanna and his staff head constable,Ramesh,Shivraj.Constables, Madhusudan,Prasanna,Shankar Belagali,Anand and JJ Nagar police personnel,Basavanagowda,Kumar and Anand among the suspended police personnel who used to collect protection money from the peddlers every month to allow them sell tidel tablets to be used as drugs after dilution .
The racket was busted when RR Nagar police caught a group of six peddlers and some of them have been identified as Salman,Nayazullag Khan,Nayaz Khan and Taher Patel on August 22 red handed while peddling tidel tablets to their customers who are students and young working class.
The police seized 1000 tablets from them which are banned from over the counter sale.
The police during the course of investigation,the police found that the accused were in regular touch with the Chamarajpet and JJ Nagar police.
The matter was brought to the notice of ACP Kengeri gate,Bharath Reddy who submitted a detailed report to the DCP Girish S,the case was then handed over to Vijayanagar ACP,Chandan for a detailed probe.
Probe revealed that the police are hand in glove with the peddlers and receiving protection money and partying with them.
The accused though tidel tablets are not for sale without doctor priscription,the accused sources thousands of tablets and operating in western part of the city especially Chamarajpet,JJ Nagar and RR nagar for the last over an year.
This incident brought major embarassment to the police department as in one hand,the police claimed to have waved war against drug network,while on the other hand the police themselves are hand in glove with the peddlers.
