Panipat: A local court today sent Special
Task Force chief Ashok Sheoron, arrested in connection with an
alleged extortion and dacoity racket, to police custody till
March 21.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Gagandeep Kaur sent Sheoron, an
additional superintendent of police, to five-day police
remand.
Sheoron was arrested here by the Haryana police yesterday
on the basis of the statement of the accused and the details
available from his mobile phone.
The seven accused --all police personnel-- were already
in police custody.
The seven, including two assistant sub-inspectors, were
arrested following a complaint by a stock broker that they had
robbed him of Rs six lakh after tying him in his office.
A jeweller in Panipat also complained to police that the
seven STF personnel tried to extort Rs 10 lakh from him posing
as vigilance team members from Chandigarh.
However, their act was caught on the CCTV camera at
the jeweller's shop. Sheoron had initially denied his
involvement in the crime.
The STF had been directed to remain "non-operational"
pending an inquiry into the complaints.
The STF, comprising 15 personnel, was constituted in
2007 and tasked to track down notorious criminals and check
organised crime in the state.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 18:07