BENGALURU: Two policemen who extorted money from a couple walking home on December 8 near Manyata Tech Park have been dismissed from service. Rajesh, head constable, and Nagesh, constable, are attached to the Sampigehalli police station in the North East division.
Immediately after the incident came to light, the duo was kept under suspension pending departmental enquiry. The departmental inquiry found out that they had extorted Rs 1,000 from the couple through UPI.
Anoop A Shetty, DCP (North East) told TNIE that both policemen were dismissed from service on Wednesday.
After the victim tweeted about the extortion, the Bengaluru city police tweeted on its official handle stating that both the policemen have been suspended and the Bangalore City Police will not tolerate deviant behaviour from its staff.
Karthik Patri, the victim, had tweeted about how both the policemen extorted money from him and his wife. The couple was returning home from a friend’s house when the policemen in a Hoysala patrolling vehicle threatened them with dire consequences by asking about the purpose of walking on the road at midnight. The couple resides behind Manyata Tech Park.
The couple even accused the policemen of asking about their relationship, family details and where they worked. The policemen had told the couple that they were not allowed to roam on the road after 11 pm. The two policemen initially demanded for Rs 3,000 and later agreed to Rs 1,000 as Patri’s wife started crying.
Now both the policemen having been dismissed from government service will not be able to apply for any other government job. Even they will have difficulties in getting jobs in the private sector as they will not be getting police clearance certificates.