Rly cops suspended for assaulting, robbing jeweller at Mum Central stn; suspended
They have been placed under suspension.
The trio, assistant sub inspector Rathod, head constable Jagtap and head constable Bhosle, will be arrested soon. Four other policemen present during the incident have been transferred. The action was taken by GRP commissioner M Rakesh Kalasagar a day after media reports of the incident. "We are taking up this issue very seriously," said Kalasagar.
The jeweller and his eight-year-old daughter had come down to his sister's place in Mumbai for Raksha Bandhan.
They had booked return tickets for Rajasthan on Duranto Express on Aug 10. The jeweller's brother-in-law accompanied them to the Terminus to bid farewell. On platform 5, the group was stopped by a uniformed man seated at a table for checking their luggage.
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The man was not wearing a name tag. He found a 14 gm gold piece and Rs 32,000 cash in the luggage and inquired about it. Despite the jeweller offering an explanation, the man wasn't convinced and called another uniformed man who did not have a name tag.
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The duo took the jeweller, his daughter and brother-in-law outs of the terminus through an alley to a room. A 'senior' was seated in the room which was later identified as a beat chowky.
The jeweller was threatened that he would be locked up overnight if he did not surrender the gold. He was abused and slapped twice. His daughter started to cry. The men threatened to produce the gold before a magistrate and asked him to arrange for a copy of his Aadhaar card over the phone.
They also forced the jeweller to sign some blank sheets of paper.
Around 10.55 pm, about five minutes before his train was to leave, the men returned his gold but kept his money. The jeweller pleaded that he would need cash for expenses during the journey. At this, the men returned Rs 1,900 and asked him to run if he still wanted to get into the train on time.
"Based on CCTV footage, we identified the three policemen and placed them under suspension. Four other cops were present at the location but their involvement has not been confirmed. They have been transferred to the GRP headquarters," said a senior official.
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