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Parmar said illegal detention of Harbhupinder for two days with the motive of obtaining money through a subordinate without bringing the fact to the notice of any senior officer was the gravest act of misconduct on the part of Preetinder. AMRITSAR: A police inspector landed in trouble for arresting an innocent person in a drug case, keeping him in illegal custody and letting him off after taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.On Sunday, inspector general, border range, S P S Parmar said he dismissed inspector Preetinder Singh, SHO, Sadar Patti police station in Tarn Taran district, from the police department. SSP, Tarn Taran, Darshan Singh Maan said he also dismissed head constables Rasal Singh and Balwinder Singh and constable Gurvinder Singh for helping Preetinder Singh.Parmar said Preetinder got Harbhupinder Singh, a resident of Kamal Wala village under Aarif Ke police station in Ferozpur district picked up on August 9 without informing senior officers. "The SHO not only picked up an innocent person from his house, but kept him in illegal police custody for two days and let him go only after accepting illegal gratification of Rs 50,000 through a head constable," said the IG, adding that the constable was apprehended on the spot by the Vigilance Bureau and the money was recovered from him.Preetinder was investigating a case registered under the NDPS Act registered at Sadar Patti police station on July 14, in which BSF sleuths apprehended Major Singh, a resident of Kamal Wala village, Ferozepur with 550g heroin hidden in a tractor and he tried to implicate Harbhupinder in the case..