'DCP demanded Rs 10 lakh monthly bribe to allow to run business'

DCP demanded Rs 10 lakh monthly bribe to allow to run business Mumbai angadia body complains to senior copAn association of angadias traditional couriers in south Mumbai had written a letter to a senior police officer alleging that a Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP had repeatedly been demanding Rs 10 lakh as a bribe per month to allow them to operate their business a police official said on SundayHe said this letter was written to a senior officer of Mumbai Police on December 7 last year alleging that the DCP had told angadias that they either agree to pay Rs 10 lakh bribe per month or else he will take action against themBased on the complaint an FIR was registered at LT Marg police station against three officers of Mumbai Police and two of them were arrested The DCP was not named in the FIRThe association stated in their letter to the Additional Commissioner of Police south that at least 100 angadias operate between Kalbadevi to Mumbadevi in south Mumbai and transport materials and cash in exchange for 01 per cent fee of the value of the material or cashIn November last year during a meeting the association president informed the angadias that the DCP concerned had demanded a monthly bribe of Rs 10 lakh but the association didnt pay any money the letter saidBut on December 2 last year seven to eight policemen from the LT Marg police station dressed in plain clothes started checking bags of the angadia traders who were transporting materials and cash in Pofalewadi 2 and Pofalwadi 3 areas the letter statedThey were taken to Mumbadevi police chowki for checking their bags Those who had Rs 5 lakh cash in the bag were made to pay Rs 50000 and those who had Rs 10 lakh cash were forced to pay Rs 1 or Rs 2 lakh Several angadias paid the bribe and got their men out of the chowki the letter claimedOn December 3 the same action was repeated on the instructions of the LT Marg police station inspector it allegedThe next day a member of the association went to meet the DCP in his office The DCP told him to speak with the associations president it saidBetween December 2 and December 4 some LT Marg police station officials extorted money from angadias it allegedThe police official confirmed that the complaint letter was receivedThe Mumbai police had recently registered an offence against three policemen for allegedly robbing and extorting money from angadias and their employees in south MumbaiThe Mumbai polices crime branch arrested assistant police inspector Nitin Kadam and subinspector Samadhan Jamdade while inspector Om Vangate of LT Marg police station is a wanted accused an official had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever