CBI books 7 cops for ‘kidnapping dentist ’

The CBI has booked seven personnel of the Chandigarh Police crime branch for the alleged abduction of a dentist from the district courts complex in 2022. They are SIs Harinder Singh Sekhon, Suresh Kumar, ASI Ajmer Singh, head constable Amit Kumar, constables Vikash Hooda, Subhash and Neeraj Kumar.

Inspector Harinder Sekhon was demoted to the rank of SI by the department following a departmental inquiry in a graft case in December 2024.

The case was handed over to the CBI by the Supreme Court on August 6 last year, directing the agency to conduct a probe into the allegations made by a doctor, Mohit Dhawan that he was kidnapped by cops from the Sector 43 courts complex on January 7, 2022, around 10.30 am and later arrested in the evening.

The CBI had registered a preliminary inquiry mentioning that Dhawan was present in the courts complex that day and was “forcibly” taken away by four cops in a car.

The CBI noted that Dhawan’s arrest was shown from the ISBT, Sector 43, at 6.32 pm the same day.

Dhawan was produced before the court next day and remanded in seven-day police custody. He was sent to judicial custody till February 4, 2022, later and was reportedly released on February 5.

Based on the preliminary inquiry findings, the CBI had registered a case of kidnapping.