CBI likely to arrest more in police transfer case

Prateek Chauhan

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 17

Some unusual facts have come to light during investigation of transfer and posting scam in the Delhi Police that may lead to more arrests of police officials and others. So far, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four accused, including two Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials, in this matter.

Sources said the CBI has suspected the involvement of 15 police inspectors. Their involvement was suspected during phone tapping done by premier investigating agency. They allegedly offered bribe for the transfer to the apprehended accused for the post of SHO.

Amongst the arrested accused, Arun Tiwari is a property dealer. He resides with his family in Vasant Kunj. A number of forgery cases of property papers are registered against him in one of the police stations in South Delhi.

He faces allegations of selling the same plot to three different people. Tiwari was running property dealing business along with his brother who expired sometime back. He has a 100-acre plot in Ruchi Vihar, Vasant Kunj, in the name of his daughter Ruchi. The CBI has doubt that Tiwari had bluffed people for making them SHO and had taken money from them for the job.

The racket was busted when a few months ago in a case of forgery the CBI started listening to the phone conversation of IB Assistant Director Kameshwar and Rajan Kumar. During this, an inspector, Banay Singh Meena, spoke of giving Rs 10 lakh bribe for favourable posting.

On August 9, the CBI nabbed Kumar and confiscated Rs 1.60 crore from his house. Later on the same day from Vasant Kunj, the CBI nabbed Tiwari, Kameswar and Meena. No information has been given about the source of the said recovered money from Kumar.

In the case of the transfer racket, the special court in the Patiala House has given order to extend judicial custody of Kameshwar, Meena, Kumar and Tiwari for three days as the CBI sought time to interrogate the accused.