A case of extortion was registered in Gujarat’s Junagadh district on Friday against two police inspectors and an assistant sub inspector (ASI) for allegedly trying to extort Rs 25 lakh from a Kerala resident for unfreezing his bank account.
The First Information Report was registered after internal probe revealed that the accused trio had freezed some 335 bank accounts on the pretext of investigation and tried to extort money from one of the account holders when he approached them, said a police official here.
Based on a complaint filed by inspector S N Gohil from the office of Inspector General (IG) of Junagadh Range Nilesh Jajadia, Junagadh ‘B’ Division police registered the FIR against town police inspector Taral Bhatt, inspector with the cyber crime cell of Junagadh Special Operations Group (SOG) A M Gohil, and ASI Dipak Jani.