CM Yogi has taken strict action in the case of illegal extortion from trucks on the Bihar-UP border in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. After the arrest of two policemen, the SP and ASP of the district have also been punished and have been removed from their posts. Not only this, the CO of that area has also been suspended.
In fact, after receiving continuous complaints of illegal extortion by policemen, ADG and DIG jointly raided the Bharouli check post. During this, two policemen were arrested on the spot while illegally extorting money from trucks. Along with them, 16 middlemen involved in extortion were also caught.
CM Yogi changed the police department of the district
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After this case came to light, the government suspended the entire Korantadih outpost. According to the report, there were continuous complaints of illegal extortion by policemen in the smuggling of liquor, cattle and red sand on the UP-Bihar border.
After the case came to light, CM Yogi adopted a zero tolerance policy in the matter of illegal recovery and removed the SP and ASP of Ballia from their posts while the CO has been suspended. Apart from this, orders have also been given for a vigilance inquiry into the property of the CO, SHO and outpost in-charge.
5 lakh rupees collected from check post every day
Let us tell you that Constable Hardayal Singh was arrested from the spot during the raid after which it was revealed that Rs 500 was collected from each truck and about 1000 trucks passed through there every night. According to this, illegal earnings of Rs 5 lakh were made there every day.
During the raid, Head Constable Vishnu Yadav and Constable Deepak Mishra fled from the spot. According to the information, these policemen were extorting money by making private people brokers. After the raid in this illegal extortion case, a total of 16 brokers have been arrested so far. This extortion was being done from trucks coming from Buxar in Bihar to enter the UP border. Rs 37360, 14 bikes, 25 mobile phones have also been recovered from the brokers.
Case filed against Narhi police station in-charge and outpost in-charge
In this case of illegal extortion, a case has been registered against the Narhi police station in-charge, outpost in-charge (Karantadih) in which a total of 7 policemen have been made accused. The investigation of this case has been given to the ASP of Azamgarh. After being found guilty in the initial investigation, Narhi police station in-charge Pannalal and outpost in-charge (Karantadih) Rajesh Prabhakar have been suspended.
These policemen were suspended
Apart from this, 10 constables including head constable Chandrajit Yadav, Aurangzeb Khan, constable Parvind Yadav, Satish Gupta, Pankaj Yadav, Gyanchand, Dharamvir Patel, Narhi’s night officer sub-inspector Mangala Prasad, head constable Vishnu Yadav, constable Haridayal Singh, Deepak Mishra, Balram Singh, Udayvir, Prashant Singh, driver Omprakash have been suspended. The residences of the constables involved in the extortion have also been sealed.