AMRITSAR: A police inspector landed in soup for arresting an innocent person in a drug case, keeping him in illegal custody and letting him off only after taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.Inspector General, Border Range, SPS Parmar informed on Sunday that he had dismissed inspector Preetinder Singh who was SHO, police station Sadar Patti in Tarn Taran district from the police department.Giving details Parmar informed that Preetinder had got Harbhupinder Singh, a resident of Kamaal Wala village falling under Aarif Ke police station in Ferozpur district, picked up on August 9 without informing his senior officers.“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 IG adding that the constable was apprehended on the spot by Vigilance Bureau and the amount was recovered from him.Notably, Preetinder was investigating a case registered under section 21/61/85 NDPS Act registered at Sadar Patti police station on July 14 in which Border Security Force had apprehended Major Singh, a resident of village Kamal Wala, Ferozpur along with 550 gram of heroin concealed in a tractor Parmar informed that illegal detention of Harbhupinder for two days with a motive of drawing money through a subordinate without bringing the fact to the notice of any senior officer was a gravest of the act of misconduct on the part of Preetinder which had not only tarnished the image of police but had also caused an irreparable damage.“SHO had hatched a conspiracy and executed the same through his subordinates,” he said.

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