The law was compromised in exchange for a few notes.
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Vineet Kumar, Ghaziabad. In cases of female harassment and dowry, the victims have the greatest trust in the female policemen. To strengthen this trust, there are Pink Booths, Mahila Police Station, its Sahibabad and Muradnagar reporting police posts, Anti Romeo Squad and the Mission Shakti campaign that has been going on for the last three months in Ghaziabad.
The objective is simple, quick, sensitive and fair justice to women. But three cases that came to light amidst these systems raised questions on the credibility of the system. All three cases are related to the investigation of dowry harassment. In all three, only female policemen were investigating and in all three the allegation is that the law was compromised in exchange for a few notes.
The price of relief in dowry case is Rs 45 thousand
Female Inspector Bhuvaneshwari Singh was investigating a case of dowry harassment. It is alleged that in exchange for providing relief to the accused and removing his name from the case, first Rs 1 lakh was demanded, later the deal was finalized for Rs 45 thousand. Acting on the complaint, the anti-corruption team set a trap and caught the inspector red-handed. The same officer from whom the victim expected a fair investigation was seen bargaining.
Demand of two lakhs, deal for Rs 50 thousand
On December 20, Pink booth in-charge female inspector Priya Singh and constable Shahid got trapped in the trap of anti-corruption team in Muradnagar. A dowry case was filed by his wife against accountant Rajneesh posted in Meerut tehsil.
During the investigation, the Inspector, fearing action, asked for Rs 2 lakh to remove the names of Rajneesh's parents and remove serious sections. Constable Shahid played the role of middleman and the deal was finalized for Rs 50 thousand, but after the complaint both were arrested red handed.
Inspector Pragati Singh accused of tampering with case diary
A case of corruption was registered in Mussoorie police station on July 16 last year against former Mahila Police Station Head Inspector Pragati Singh. It is alleged that while investigating a case of dowry harassment, the case diary was tampered with and the section of attempt to murder was removed without evidence.
This case was registered by court order on the petition of the victim's father. Pragati Singh was present on the line when the case was registered, after which she was transferred to Gautam Buddha Nagar. Even after six months, the Mussoorie Police investigation is still pending.
Trap team's initial investigation revealed information about the inspector being corrupt.
The trap team that arrested lady Inspector Bhuvaneshwari, during initial investigation, got information about the Inspector that she is a corrupt public servant. In this matter, a complaint was made to the anti-corruption team by Vrindavan Garden resident Rampal Singh. His son Gaurav was married to Rakhi, a resident of Nandgram, on 25 April 2024. After some time of marriage, due to differences of opinion, Rakhi started living in her maternal house.
On December 16 last year, Rakhi filed a dowry harassment case against her husband Gaurav in the women's police station, which was being investigated by Inspector Bhuvaneshwari. The sub-inspector called him and his son to the women's police station on January 6.
They were told that Rakhi had also taken the names of her husband and other in-laws in her statement. If he gives one lakh rupees, she will not add name to the case. If the money is not received, the names of other people will be added on the basis of the statement.
As the conversation progressed, the inspector agreed to take Rs 45 thousand. Due to delay in giving the money, the inspector threatened his son and said that if the money was not arranged by January 13, he would add names of other people to the case. Frustrated, he complained to the Anti Corruption Organization.
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