Pramesh S Jain
Close to the heel of Chamarajpet Inspector suspended for having links with drug peddlers,another Inspector attached to Kodigehalli station and his constable were in the dock for allegedly booking a fake case against a private firm employee to pressurise and torture him to sell the site he owned to his neighbour .
The victim,Sanjay KN,resident of Kodigehalli got out on bail and filed a complaint with the Deputy Commissioner of Police,Northeast Division,seeking action against the erring police officer for misusing power for their personal gain.
In his complaint filed on Thursday, Sanjay said that he owned a site in NTI layout 2nd stage and his neighbour identified as Chetan was eyeing .
The accused pestered him to sell his site and threatened him with dire consequences.Chetan later through Inspector Muthuraj,filed a false case of forgery against Sanjay and summoned to the station on the pretext of inquiry wared to sell off the site .
When Sanjay refused the Inspector registered an FIR and took him to 14 days police custody to torture and harass to sell the site .
The police not only harassed him but also harassed his family members and humiliated them,he said in his complaint .
Adding to the worst,a police constable close to the Inspector also demanded and took two lakh from Sanjay’s brother to show mercy and ensure no physical torture was meeted out to Sanjay in the custody, the complainant, stated .
The accused even threatened the brother of Sanjay not to reveal about paying the money to anyone and threatened to re open the case and arrest Sanjay.
Unable to bear the harassment,Sanjay approached the senior police officials seeking help and blamed the police officials responsible for any eventualities happen to him.
