PANJIM: After dilly-dallying for nearly 20 days, Goa police on Sunday registered a case against police sub-inspector (PSI) Sunil Gudlar who was caught on spy-cam selling drugs to two foreign women.
Highly placed sources confirmed that Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing into the case have registered First Information Report (FIR) under Prevention of Corruption Act, section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and under Narcotics and Drugs Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The FIR mentions that the case is registered against Gudlar and others, though it has not named “others” involved. Police spokesperson Atmaram Deshpande said that the case has been registered but Gudlar’s arrest will be decided only after the investigation.
The FIR comes after a group of civic activists approached NDPS Court on Jan 6 alleging that Crime Branch in an attempt to save the disgraced PSI was not registering the case.
“Such glaring and shocking contravention of law has taken place in the hands of a person who is appointed to enforce the law, and has abused his power and position conferred upon him,” Kashinath Shetye and 12 others had said in the application to the Court.
The Court had also issued notices to seven police officers including from the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) and Vigilance department to explain why the case was not registered. In the complaint letter to Goa police, the activists asked to carry out thorough probe as there may be more persons involved in the police-drugs mafia nexus.
“It is necessary that police must carry out investigation as to the illegal action about those who have acted in connivance with drug peddlers, drug lords, politicians, home department officials and the higher police officers, to facilitate the same for illegal benefits/gratification received by them directly or indirectly,” the complaint letter stated.
The complainants had demanded to book Gudlar under Prevention of Corruption Act, NDPS Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including theft of drugs from the police godown. They had also named former ANC Superintendent of Police Veenu Bansal and Home Minister Ravi Naik’s son Roy for their alleged links in the illicit trade.
In a series of three video tapes telecast by a local news channel early this month, Gudlar is also seen talking about him paying bribes to his seniors. The two girls in the video tape are related to the imprisoned drug lord David Driham alias Dudu.
Dudu’s sister Ayala and his girlfriend Zarina had told the first investigating agency – Crime Branch that they carried out sting operation on Gudlar, three months back, to expose the nexus between police and drugs scene in Goa.
The women, in their statement had also named Bansal in the nexus. The officer is currently posted at Arunchal Pradesh as the Deputy Inspector General of Police. – IBNS
One could write endless Volumes on the plight of our current police system.
ReplyDeleteWhen Cipriano was arrested and taken to the police station towards what was his final journey, all it took was a call to the police by the so called female friend and then the rest was history.
Now lets get to Sunil Gudlars case involving the sting operation and all the documentary evidence that has been flashed all over the world on his modus operandi. Why did the concerned department take so long to lodge a FIR ? Secondly why is Gudlar not arrested and put behind bars? Who is protecting whose interest here?.Why do we have two sets of rules for a men in uniform and for a men without uniform ? May be someone knowledgeable can shed more light here.