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`Guilty cops will not be spared'

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JULY 19. At the fortnightly law and order meeting held today, the Delhi Police Commissioner, K.K. Paul, said none of the police officers or their subordinates whose names had appeared in the complaint lodged by a property dealer claiming that they had links with bootleggers of West Delhi would be spared if found guilty. The allegations that the Special Cell of the Delhi police tried to destroy the evidence would also be thoroughly probed, he added.

While the police refused to divulge details of the ongoing identification process undertaken on the direction of the Vigilance Joint Commissioner of Police, Kanwaljit Deol, the complainant, Chetan Prakash, today reportedly identified at least eight of the police personnel whose "illegal" activities were recorded by him.

Chetan earlier claimed that he had proof against at least 200 police personnel of taking bribes from bootleggers. After preparing the tapes, he claimed that he contacted the Special Cell for appropriate action against the guilty police personnel, but was offered bribe instead. On refusal, the Special Cell staff allegedly raided his house and took away most of the cassettes. He was also arrested under the Excise Act and sent behind bars. Coming out of jail, he submitted the remaining tapes to the Delhi High Court and handed over their copies to a section of the media for broadcast. After the tapes were broadcast, the entire Delhi police was shaken by the revelations and senior police officers chose to remain tight-lipped about the footage.

Asking the district heads to keep a tab on the activities of their subordinates, Dr. Paul said in case any such organised nexus between the local police and the criminals was unearthed in future, the officers in-charge, that is the area Sub-Inspector, the Station House Officer (SHO) and the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), would be held directly responsible.

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