Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Dec 2: It has been a year since the banning of Rs 500 and 1000 rupee notes took place. However, the 'Black and White' business of exchange of old notes with new ones, is still continuing and it is alleged that the City Crime Branch (CCB) police are themselves involved in this dirty muck.
In an incident that occurred recently, two women, who were carrying Rs one crore that was exchanged, were made to part away with the money by people who came in the disguise of police. Now it has been proved that they were indeed the actual CCB police personnel.
In the preliminary investigation that was conducted in this case, it has been proved that assistant sub-inspector Hombalegowda and constables Narasimhamoorthy and Gangadhar of CCB are the ones who were involved in this crime.
The money and property documents, which were seized during the demonetisation raids and kept in the strong room, are also missing. Police officials have suspected the dereliction of duties by Mariappa, in-charge, assistant commissioner of police.
A team has been formed under the leadership of Sathish Kumar, joint police commissioner, Chandragupta, deputy commissioner of police, central and Jinendra Khanagavi, deputy commissioner of police, CCB to assess whether there is any relation between the currency amounting to Rs one crore that is missing from the strong room and the one that is looted by the CCB police recently in High Grounds police stations limits. The team is also investigating the angle of finding out whether CCB police are the kingpins of the note exchange activity.
How the incident came to light?
Recently a complaint was registered against six people, at High Grounds police station, by Subanu, conductor, BMTC (Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation), saying that people who had come in the disguise of police looted Rs one crore from her and her friend who had come to exchange the old notes. She also confessed that she resorted to the 'note exchange business' as she had outstanding loan in the bank.
During the registration of this complaint, Subanu had given the registration number of the Swift car, which was used by the people who looted the money from them. When the police investigated the matter based on this complaint, they found to their utter dismay, that it was the actual CCB police personnel who had participated in this loot.