Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
City Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has ordered a probe on the allegation of Ramamurthynagar police allegedly misused seized red sanders seized during the investigations of a drug case six months ago.
Senior officer said,The Ramamurthynagar police while pursuing a drug case raided a forest area in Dakshina Kannada and confronted the gang.
But the accused gave the police a slip and escaped with handcuffs and left behind the bags containing Marijuana and several Kgs of red sanders.
The police seized the red sanders and allegedly misused it .
Based on a complaint filed by Jagan Kumar J,a activist,with DG-IGP, city police commissioner and also to the DCP, an inquiry has been ordered and senior officials are awaiting report to initiate further action.
Refuting the allegation, a senior police officer, said that the the seized red sander logs are accounted for and are in the police station.
The Jurisdictional ACP has verified it personally that 162 kgs of Red Sanders (16 logs) are present in police station and a case also has been registered.
The allegation of 750 kgs and misuse of the same by police is false said a senior officer.
