Pramesh S Jain
Two more police constables attached to the JP Nagar police station have been arrested for allegedly robbing a 59-year-old insurance adviser and his female friend.
Both have now been suspended,taking the total number of suspended police personnel in the city this year to 127,officials said.
The duo identified as Basavaraj and Gurudutt who were on night rounds confronted Varadaraju BN,while he was parked his car near BSNL compound area in JP Nagar and chatting with his female friend around 9.45 pm on November 1.
According to the complainant,his friend had come to seek insurance advise while he was returning home from work.
The duo met and sitting in the parked car and discussing when the constable confronted them on the pretext of inquiry.
The duo threatened that there is a case pending against him and one of them got into the car asking them to come to the station for arrest formality.
While Varadaraju started driving,the constable asked him to stop after reaching few meters away and demanded ₹40,000 to drop them charges.He threatened to seize the car and book the duo if they failed to pay.
Varadaraju convinced him that he did not have enough cash and managed to pay him only ₹10,300 after borrowing ₹4,000 from is female friend .
After taking the money the duo left.Shocked Varadaraju brought this to the notice of his friend,a senior police officer who advised him to file a complaint.
After four days of the incident, the victim filed a complaint based on which the JP Nagar police have registered a case of extortion and initiated a probe.
A detailed probe led to the arrest of Basavaraj and Gurudutt who have been arrested and released on bail later.
Based on the report,city police commissioner, Satyapal Seemant Kumar Singh,suspended the duo pending inquiry.
Meanwhile the police commissioner continue to investigate the case to ascertain the facts of the incident for further investigations.
According to the data,a total of 127 Bengaluru police personnel have been suspended across various ranks.
This includes 10 inspectors,16 sub-inspectors,16 assistant sub-inspectors,41 head constables,and 41 police constables.
The recent suspension is Annappa Naik,PC of Govindapura who is one of the prime accused in the ATM van robbery case followed by Basavaraj and Gurudutt in November this year .
