Maharashtra home department suspends IPS officer absconding in extortion case
IPS officer Saurabh Tripathi
Tripathi, who is deputy commissioner of police, proceeded on unauthorised leave soon after an FIR was registered against the three policemen from LT Marg police station on February 18. He has been named as absconding accused by police in their remand plea in the case of one of the arrested cops, and his anticipatory bail application is coming up for hearing in sessions court on Wednesday.
The crime branch, which is probing the case, has been searching for him but in vain. On Sunday, the police arrested his househelp, employed at his home in Lucknow, to whom Tripathi transferred Rs 40 lakh through hawala sources.
Police sources said Tripathi was the brain behind the illegal confinement of the angadias and extortion of money from them. The suspension order said, "IPS officer Saurabh Tripathi of 2010 batch has not informed his office about his absence nor submitted any medical documents for leave. It has also been observed that Tripathi has been exerting pressure on the witnesses in the FIR registered against the officers of LT Marg police station for robbery and extortion. The government is satisfied that it is necessary and desirable to place Tripathi under suspension in accordance with the provision of Rule 3(1) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969."
Crime branch officials said angadias in their complaint lodged in December 2021 stated that DCP Tripathi, who was heading zone 2, had demanded Rs 10 lakh for smooth running of their business. When the junior police officers started confining angadias in the police chowky and forcibly took away cash from their bags, the angadias met Tripathi and complained. Police said instead of taking action, Tripathi himself demanded a cut of Rs 10 lakh per month and threatened that otherwise, he would inform the Income-Tax department and not allow the angadias to run their business.
"Tripathi said that there are a number of police stations that fall under his jurisdiction and at present, only LT Marg and VP Road are confining them, and if other police stations get involved, you (angadias) will cry," the complaint of angadias stated. Police said they will include the recent developments against Tripathi, including CCTV footages, statements, call detail reports, Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) and statements of hawala operators who have stated Tripathi had sent Rs 40 lakh in two installments to his hometown in Lucknow through hawala method and his servant Pyarelal Gaud had accepted the cash. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
IPS officer Saurabh Tripathi
Tripathi, who is deputy commissioner of police, proceeded on unauthorised leave soon after an FIR was registered against the three policemen from LT Marg police station on February 18. He has been named as absconding accused by police in their remand plea in the case of one of the arrested cops, and his anticipatory bail application is coming up for hearing in sessions court on Wednesday.
The crime branch, which is probing the case, has been searching for him but in vain. On Sunday, the police arrested his househelp, employed at his home in Lucknow, to whom Tripathi transferred Rs 40 lakh through hawala sources.
Police sources said Tripathi was the brain behind the illegal confinement of the angadias and extortion of money from them. The suspension order said, "IPS officer Saurabh Tripathi of 2010 batch has not informed his office about his absence nor submitted any medical documents for leave. It has also been observed that Tripathi has been exerting pressure on the witnesses in the FIR registered against the officers of LT Marg police station for robbery and extortion. The government is satisfied that it is necessary and desirable to place Tripathi under suspension in accordance with the provision of Rule 3(1) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969."
Crime branch officials said angadias in their complaint lodged in December 2021 stated that DCP Tripathi, who was heading zone 2, had demanded Rs 10 lakh for smooth running of their business. When the junior police officers started confining angadias in the police chowky and forcibly took away cash from their bags, the angadias met Tripathi and complained. Police said instead of taking action, Tripathi himself demanded a cut of Rs 10 lakh per month and threatened that otherwise, he would inform the Income-Tax department and not allow the angadias to run their business.
"Tripathi said that there are a number of police stations that fall under his jurisdiction and at present, only LT Marg and VP Road are confining them, and if other police stations get involved, you (angadias) will cry," the complaint of angadias stated. Police said they will include the recent developments against Tripathi, including CCTV footages, statements, call detail reports, Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) and statements of hawala operators who have stated Tripathi had sent Rs 40 lakh in two installments to his hometown in Lucknow through hawala method and his servant Pyarelal Gaud had accepted the cash.
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