Goa police suspends five policemen for links with drug peddler
PTI | HT Correspondent, Panaji
Mar 05, 2010 03:55 PM IST
Goa police on Friday suspended a police inspector, a head constable and three constables for their alleged links with a drug peddler.
Goa police on Friday suspended a police inspector, a head constable and three constables for their alleged links with a drug peddler.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravidnra Yadav told PTI that police inspector Ashish Shirodkar along with four other policemen, earlier attached to Anti-Narcotic Cell, was suspended after a video footage showed Israeli drug peddler Atala boasting about his links with cop.
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Yadav said that the crime branch will initiate inquiry into the controversial tape which was uploaded on a website.
Atala was caught on camera claiming that Shriodkar used to steal drugs from the Anti-Narcotic Cell Locker and push it back into the market through him.
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