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Police corruption and misconduct allegations in India

Overview

Reports of police misconduct and corruption in India have emerged involving officers in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

In August, the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested four officers from the Ayodhya Cyber Crime Police Station after they allegedly traveled to Sikar, Rajasthan, to collect a 2.8 lakh rupee bribe. The officers were reportedly attempting to remove a complainant’s brother from a registered case. The accused have been suspended pending investigation.

In September, seven police officers in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district were booked following allegations of extortion and assault involving a 16-year-old minor. A complaint alleges that officers demanded monthly payments from the minor’s rental car business and subsequently used physical assault and the planting of an illegal firearm to implicate him after payments ceased. Local police leadership has dismissed these allegations as baseless, citing the minor’s prior criminal history.

Entities

Anti-Corruption Bureau · District Special Team · Yashwant Singh · Ayodhya Cyber Crime Police Station · Bharatpur

Timeline

  1. 5 days ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources
    Rajasthan police officers booked for alleged extortion and assault of minor

    Seven Rajasthan police officers face charges for allegedly extorting a 16-year-old minor and framing him in a false illegal arms case after he refused to pay monthly bribes.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 4 sources
    Four Ayodhya police officers arrested in Sikar for bribery

    Four police officers from Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, were arrested in Sikar, Rajasthan, by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a 2.8 lakh rupee bribe to influence a cyber crime case.

Sources

latestly.com · madhyamamonline.com