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Delhi Police officer arrested in connection with kidney racket

NEW DELHI: The focus in the multi-crore kidney transplant racket shifted to the Capital on Friday with the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police arresting an Assistant Sub-Inspector and launching a hunt for six of his colleagues for allegedly letting off two of the accused for a sum of Rs. 19.85 lakh in January.

During preliminary investigations into the racket in Gurgaon, two of the accused, Dr. Upender and Harpal, the driver of the alleged mastermind Amit Kumar, had purportedly disclosed that some Delhi Police officers had picked them up from the Delhi-Haryana highway in the first week of January, about 20 days before the racket was smashed.

The team allegedly led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Ravinder Kumar Singh intercepted Dr. Upender and Harpal on January 7 and took them to Connaught Place in the heart of the Capital. While Ravinder allegedly posed as an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Head Constable Devender Singh identified himself as an Inspector. They allegedly threatened the duo with arrest if they did not pay up and were let off after Dr. Kumar handed over Rs. 19.85 lakh to the policemen.

In view of the seriousness of the allegations, the Crime Branch registered an extortion case and initiated investigations. The sleuths zeroed in on seven members of the Special Staff of the Central Delhi Police who were identified as ASI Ravinder, Head Constables Devender and Vijay Bahadur, and Constables Naresh, Kaleem Beg, Surender Rathi and Rakesh.

Their mobile phone records and movement on the day of the incident were also examined. Based on evidence indicating his complicity, the Crime Branch summoned ASI Ravinder for questioning. During interrogation, he allegedly confessed to his involvement in the extortion case, following which he was arrested.

The police found that Head Constable Devender knew about the racket as he was posted at the Nizamuddin railway police station when Dr. Kumar along with his brother Jeevan and several others were arrested in a similar case in 2000.

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