2 ASIs among three cops booked for extortion

Our Correspondent

Fazilka, February 17

Three police officials and their accomplices have been booked on the allegation of extortion from drug peddlers in Jalalabad.

Sources said ASIs Malkeet Singh and Gurdeep Singh, Head Constable Trishvakil Singh of Jalalabad and Anil Kumar, alias Sonu, a resident of Ladhuwala Hithar, were booked under Sections 384 (extortion) and 120B of the IPC and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act by the City police station, Jalalabad.

On the basis of a complaint filed by Nanak Singh, a resident of Ladhuwala Hithar, Jalalabad DSP Palvinder Singh conducted an inquiry into the allegations. It was found that the four accused used to nab drug peddlers and addicts, extract hefty amount from them through mediators and then released them without taking any legal action.

The DSP said ASIs Malkeet Singh and Gurdeep Singh had already been booked under the NDPS Act and Prevention of Corruption Act on August 24, 2020. Warrants had also been issued against them but they were absconding.