Jodhpur: Two folks, together with the police station officer, have been suspended for taking a bribe of Rs 35 lakh in change for releasing the accused in a drug smuggling case registered in Basni police station of the district. Following the directions of the High Court, the Director General of Police has suspended Vivek Vihar Police Station Officer Jitendra Singh Rathod and Basni Police Station Head Constable Swaroop Ram. The headquarters of each have been saved at Reserve Line, Jodhpur.
High Court had given directions: Orders have been issued by Randhir Singh, DIG (Vigilance) of the Director General’s Office. When no motion was taken on the criticism of Jitendra Singh and Swaroop Singh taking bribe of Rs 35 lakh whereas posted at Basni police station, the petition was introduced within the High Court. During the common listening to on the petition on Monday, Justice Farzand Ali, whereas making a number of harsh feedback on Jodhpur Police, had given directions to droop the then Basni and now Vivek Vihar police station officer Jitendra Singh and head constable Swaroop Ram Vishnoi on this case. Also, expressing the intention to get the whole matter investigated by CBI, a discover was given to the CBI lawyer and sought a reply on October 17.
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Instructions for conducting impartial investigation: Apart from this, the position of two different police inspectors associated to this case is beneath doubt, therefore the High Court had additionally directed them and the officer investigating the case in ACB to conduct an sincere and impartial investigation. However, solely suspension orders have come out now. The orders for investigation haven’t come out but. The courtroom had issued notices to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) of the state. Also, a reply has been sought from the Government Advocate General on the subsequent listening to.
