SDOP, TI accused of hiding ₹1.5 cr in hawala case:Received ₹3 cr from trader but showed only half on paper; 10 policemen suspended

Seoni’s Bandol SDOP and the charge station have been accused of embezzling one and a half crore rupees in a hawala case. It is alleged that the officers had seized about 3 crore rupees from a person from Nagpur. The report, however, only showed a seizure of one crore 45 lakh rupees. Not only this, the accused was also released without any action. This information was not even given to senior officers. After the matter came to light, on Thursday night, IG Pramod Verma suspended 9 policemen, including the station in-charge Arpit Bhairam. In the case, on Friday, DGP Kailash Makwana also suspended SDOP Pooja Pandey. Jabalpur ASP Ayush Gupta has been assigned to investigate the case. Money seized at night, not informed to senior officers
Sohan Parmar, a person from Nagpur, has filed a complaint in this regard. The complaint stated that on Wednesday night, he was going from Katni to Jalna, Maharashtra, by car, carrying two crore ninety-six thousand five hundred rupees belonging to a bullion trader. At night, SDOP Pooja Pandey and Bandol station in-charge Arpit Bhairam stopped the car near Sheeladevi village in Lakhanwada police station area in the name of investigation. A bag full of money was seized. They were also kept at the police station. On Thursday morning, they were released without any action. When the owner was informed in Nagpur, he also arrived. After this, a seizure of 1 crore 45 lakh rupees was shown. It is alleged that officers misappropriated about 1.5 crore rupees. How the matter came to light
Regarding this, till morning, the police personnel did not inform the SP and other senior officers. Not only this, but no action was taken till evening. In the evening, the media came to know about this. When asked, the SDOP initially did not provide any information. Later, he said that an investigation was underway. ASP Deepak Mishra came to know about this. He came to the SDOP office in the evening and started the investigation. He also informed SP Sunil Kumar Mehta and IG Pramod Verma. After this, the SP also called the SDOP and asked for information, but he also did not provide proper information. After this, the IG ordered the suspension of 9 policemen. On Friday, the police team also went to investigate the spot in the jungle where the vehicle was caught. It is suspected that some money was left there. Action on these policemen “`html SP said – Rs 1.5 crore seized from car
Seoni SP Sunil Kumar Mehta said that Rs 1 crore 45 lakh were found in the car. The policemen delayed in making the seizure. They did not inform senior officials about the matter. After this, this action was taken. Currently, it is not clear whether there were three crore rupees in the car; the matter is being investigated. The IG has asked for a report within three days.