Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 12 High Court today directed the Director General of Police to file a status report indicating the steps taken for investigating the racket of lodging fictitious complaints for extorting money from the innocent people.
While taking note of status report that has been filed by the Senior Superintendent Police, Anantnag on 09.12.2019, wherein, he accepts that such a racket is being operated upon, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice V C Koul said, no effective and proper steps have been taken by the respondents-authorities to check the menace of filing and lodging of such complaints.
In fact, counsel for petitioner-Altaf Mehraj by means of a supplementary affidavit, has brought on record details of various cases which were filed and were subsequently withdrawn after extorting money from the innocent persons.
“At the same time, we call upon B. A. Dar (AAG) to file status report with regard to steps taken by the police in this regard. The report may be submitted by Director General of Police, after collecting necessary information from the relevant SSPs”, DB directed.
In this connection a local Court already directed after completing the investigation in the matter and filing of charge sheet before the court of law within a period of three weeks. Court further directed to locate all those persons whose particulars have been given by the complainant.
It is after the divulgence of the racket a SIT comprising Deputy Superintendent of Police Anantnag along with SHO Anantnag and I/C Police Janglaat Mandi Anantnag has been constituted to investigate the matter. It was revealed that almost 2000 fake complaints have been filed against well known businessmen in order to extort money from them.
The Investigation Officer in the case has apprised the court that the investigation in the matter is at final stage and the charge sheet after completion of investigation be filed before the court of law.
The report of the concerned police station reveals that an office in the name of Host & Finance is being run at K P Road Anantnag by one Ajay Aggarwal of Calcutta and is involved in the institution fake complaints in different court with the jurisdiction of District Anantnag and Kulgam against some persons residing outside the J&K UT.
“The said office has been established in order to exploit the employees as a front for filing these complaints for extortion of money”, reads the report.
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