UP SHO suspended after ‘bribery’ chat goes viral; ADG denies charge

  • | Tuesday | 17th July, 2018

When the unspecified person asked if Bulandshahr SSP also takes money, the reply was “Direct koi nahi leta. Even I had to pay the ADG Rs 50k for my transfer from Noida to Bulandshahr. Mere ko khud Noida se Bulandshahr aane mein ADG ko Rs 50k dena pada (Brother, this is Yogi government. The chat even made a mention of Bulandshahr SSP KB Singh. Moreover, there is no mention of which ADG is being talked about (in the chat).

Meerut: Senior cops in Uttar Pradesh were first in denial and later damage control mode on Tuesday after a station house officer posted in Bulandshahr claimed to have paid Rs 50,000 bribe to Meerut ADG for his transfer in a leaked WhatsApp chat. The SHO , Parshuram, was recently shifted from Noida to Dibai police station in the western UP district.So much was the impact of the leaked message, which went viral on social media, that Bulandshahr SSP KB Singh had to file an FIR against “unknown” persons and the “erring” SHO was suspended on Tuesday morning.Additional director general (Meerut zone) Prashant Kumar, on the other hand, has rubbished the claim and called the incident a “mischief”.In the chat, purportedly between SHO Parshuram and an unidentified person, the cop says, “Bhai, Yogi sarkaar hai. Har jagah paisa chal raha hai. Mere ko khud Noida se Bulandshahr aane mein ADG ko Rs 50k dena pada (Brother, this is Yogi government. Everywhere bribe is being given. Even I had to pay the ADG Rs 50k for my transfer from Noida to Bulandshahr.)”It did not stop at that. The chat even made a mention of Bulandshahr SSP KB Singh. When the unspecified person asked if Bulandshahr SSP also takes money, the reply was “Direct koi nahi leta. Yahan bhee charge baad mein mila. Pehle inke ek jaankaar ke maadhyam se Rs 3 lakh bhijvaaye agle din charge mila (No one takes money directly. Here also I got the charge only after I sent Rs 3 lakh to an acquaintance of him).”Rubbishing the allegation, ADG Prashant Kumar said, “This is absurd and some kind of mischief to tarnish our image. First, this transfer was done by IG (Meerut range) and not me. I transfer officials from one range to another and not from one district to another. Moreover, there is no mention of which ADG is being talked about (in the chat). There are eight zones in UP.”When asked, IG (Meerut range) Ram Kumar said, “This was a routine transfer. Regarding the chat messages, its authenticity is being verified and there is possibility that the phone number was used by someone else to tarnish UP Police’s image. Once our investigation is complete, the truth will come out.”While SHO Parshuram said he did not write those messages and it was a “case of cybercrime”, he was suspended by Bulandshahr SSP on Tuesday morning.The SSP later filed an FIR against “unknown persons”. In the FIR, a copy of which is with TOI, Singh alleged, “From the CUG (closed user group) number of Dibai SHO, a chat has been made viral in which serious allegations of transfers against bribe have been levelled against me and senior police officials. This seems to have been done with mala fide intentions to tarnish my seniors' and my own image.”The FIR doesn’t name SHO Parshuram and has been filed against “unknown” persons under IPC’s sections 170 (pretends to hold any particular office as a public servant), 419 (punishment for cheating by personification), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 500 (defamation) and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act 2008.

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