Two constables have been suspended after a video showing them stealing tomatoes from the New Vegetable Market went viral on social media.
Police commissioner Rakesh Agrawal has also marked an inquiry to assistant commissioner of police (ACP, headquarters) Jang Bahadur against the accused constables Bakhtawar Singh and Mulkh Raj.
According to the commission agents at the market, they had noticed tomatoes going missing from shops for the past five days. To rein in the theft, they recently installed CCTV cameras in the markets.
On scanning the CCTV footage on Friday morning, they were shocked to find that the thieves were two cops from the PCR motorcycle squad that was deputed at the market to maintain law and order.
Sub-inspector Arshpreet Kaur, SHO at Basti Jodhewal police station, said they had not received any written complaint to lodge an FIR.
Previously, commission agents had also complained to the police chief regarding extortion by police volunteers at the markets and urged him to remove them from the site.