The Narhi police station in-charge, who had absconded after being suspended in a case of extortion in Ballia, was arrested from Gorakhpur on Sunday. This information was given by Deputy Inspector General of Police (Azamgarh Zone) Vaibhav Krishna. He said that Panne Lal, posted at Narhi police station in Ballia, was wanted in a case of alleged extortion from truck drivers in Narhi area on the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border. With the arrest of Panne Lal, 19 people have been arrested so far in this case, while four are still absconding.
On July 25, Krishna told reporters that the police had busted an extortion racket being run by policemen on the UP-Bihar border in Narhi area of this district. Two policemen and 16 brokers have been arrested in the case. He said that in this case all the policemen posted at Korantadih police post here and the SHO of Narhi police station have been suspended.
Ballia Superintendent of Police was suspended after the extortion scandal
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After the extortion scandal, the Uttar Pradesh government had issued orders to transfer Ballia Superintendent of Police Dev Ranjan Verma and Additional Superintendent of Police Durga Prasad Tiwari and suspend Sadar Deputy Superintendent of Police Shubh Soochit. Along with this, orders were also given to investigate the properties of the three officers. Officials said that on July 25, raids were conducted in the area and 18 people including two policemen were arrested.
Every day Rs 5 lakh was recovered
DIG Azamgarh Vaibhav Krishna and ADG Varanasi Zone Piyush had exposed this entire matter in a joint operation. After the operation, DIG Azamgarh Vaibhav Krishna and ADG Varanasi Zone Piyush told that about 5 lakh rupees were collected daily on the UP-Bihar border by the policemen of Narhi police station. Because about 1000 trucks used to pass through the border every day and Rs 500 was taken from all the trucks.
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Pannelal’s room was sealed
After the disclosure of the extortion scandal, Panne Lal’s room was sealed. Sources claimed that a red diary was also recovered from his room. In such a situation, it is being claimed that many big secrets of extortion can be revealed from this diary. Now that he has been arrested, it is believed that all the secrets related to the extortion scandal can come out and many big faces can also be exposed.
Pannelal was posted in Narhi for two years
DIG Azamgarh Vaibhav Krishna and ADG Varanasi Zone Piyush said that SHO Pannalal was posted in Narhi police station for the last 2 years. At the same time, many other policemen posted in this police station were also serving for the last several years. The case was revealed by DIG Azamgarh Vaibhav Krishna and ADG Varanasi Zone Piyush by posing as truck cleaners.
Police department came into action after extortion case
After the extortion case, the police department is in action, after which continuous action is being taken against corruption in many districts. So far, action has been taken against policemen of many districts including Sitapur, Mirzapur. All these policemen were posted at a police station for the last several years and were involved in corruption cases.