Superintendent of Police of Vellore I Eswaran dissolved special teams, which were formed to conduct surprise raids against illegal activities such as gambling, selling of lotteries and illicit liquor, after the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) exposed several underhand activities of police personnel in the teams.
Police department sources said the SP had constituted the teams to conduct raids and crack down on those involved in gambling, selling of lotteries and illicit liquor. It was led by two SIs, each handling five constables. However, a few officials in the teams were allegedly in cahoots with anti-social elements and making money out of them, instead of taking action against them.
The SP dissolved the team recently, after a confidential report from the Vellore unit of the DVAC against alleged activities of SI J Anandan and two of his team members. “The SI had allegedly been making money from sand mafias, bootleggers and lottery sellers in several parts of the district,” a reliable source in the department said.
This came to light when three members of the SP special team targeted Vinayagam, who ran a brick kiln at Thuthipattu near Kaniyambadi, and had demanded Rs 10,000 from him. When DVAC learnt about the incident, they planned to nab the SI and two other policemen in the team red-handed.
However, the SI did not turn up to receive the cash and directed the brick kiln owner to hand over the money to one Ganeshan, who was running an electronic gadget shop in Burma Bazaar, on October 5. The DVAC personnel picked him for inquiry. On interrogation, Ganeshan spilled the beans that SI Anandan had called him and had asked to take the money from Vinayagam. DVAC officials have sent reports to directorate at Chennai and to SP office Vellore.
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