The Kerala police have taken legal action against four officers from the Whitefield CEN police station, accusing them of attempting to extort Rs 3 lakh from a suspect involved in a cybercrime case. Consequently, the officers have been suspended, effective late Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kalamassery police, located near Kochi, have lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Inspector Shivaprakash, Head Constables Vijay Kumar and Shivanna, and Police Constable Sandesh. These four officers, who had journeyed to Kerala to apprehend cyber criminals, were summoned to the Kochi city commissionerate office on Wednesday for questioning regarding allegations of extortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Whitefield) S Girish mentioned that Kerala police issued a notice to the four officers, and the Bengaluru police have concurrently initiated an inquiry into the accusations. It is revealed that Inspector Shivaprakash was handling an investigation into a complaint by Chandaka Srikanth, an employee of a private firm who fell victim to cyber criminals, resulting in a loss of Rs 26 lakh. The criminals had deceived him with promises of substantial payment for part-time jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigations unveiled that a sum of Rs 10,000 was transferred to an ICICI Bank account held by an individual named Issac from Madikeri. During interrogation, Issac disclosed that the account had been opened at the request of Rajesh, who, in turn, revealed that Paras and Nishanth from Kerala instructed him to create the account. Further probing of Paras and Nishanth led to the revelation that Naushad of Mannapurram was the actual mastermind behind the account and the fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 31, the team went to Kerala to track down Naushad, successfully apprehending him on the following day in Vengara. With Naushad’s assistance, the officers subsequently apprehended suspects Nikhil and Akhil from Ernakulam, with the Palluruthy police station being informed. However, a complaint was later filed by Akhil’s lawyer, alleging that the officers had extorted Rs 3 lakh from his client. The Kerala police discovered the mentioned amount of money in Akhil’s vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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