A police inspector was amongst 11 police personnel who’ve been suspended pending departmental inquiry for allegedly being hand in glove with a gang of peddlers promoting medicine for use as sedatives in and across the west division.

Chamarajapete inspector T Manjanna, head constable Ramesh, constables Shivraj, Madhusudan, Prasanna, Shankar Belagali, Anand and JJ Nagar police personnel, Basavanagudi Gowda, Kumar and Anand are among the many suspended police personnel who used to allegedly acquire “safety cash” from the peddlers each month to permit them promote tablets for use as medicine after dilution.

The racket was busted when RR Nagar police caught a gaggle of six peddlers amongst them, Salman, Nayazullag Khan, Nayaz Khan and Taher Patel, on August 22 red-handed whereas peddling the tablets to their clients who’re college students and younger working class. The police seized 1000 tablets from them that are banned from over-the-counter sale.

The police throughout the course of investigation, discovered that the accused have been in common contact with the Chamrajapete and JJ Nagar police.

The matter was delivered to the discover of ACP Kengeri gate, Bharath Reddy who submitted an in depth report back to the DCP. The case was then handed over to Vijayanagar ACP, Chandan for an in depth probe.

Probe revealed that the police have been hand in glove with the peddlers and receiving safety cash and partying with them, sources stated.

This incident has introduced main embarrassment to the police division as on the one hand, the police declare to have waged a battle towards the drug community, whereas then again, the police themselves have been discovered to be hand in glove with the peddlers.

The metropolis police are going through a problem to take care of such sorts of drug racket because it doesn’t comes below NDPS act as a consequence of their nature.

Some police officers stated that they’re presently reserving the instances below part 278 of BNS, which offers with the offense of promoting a drug or medical preparation as a unique one. This regulation goals to forestall the harmful act of misrepresenting drugs, which may have extreme penalties for public well being and security. Even although these medicine are as harmful as psychotropic substances, the authorized points dilute the character of the offences giving advantages to the accused, a police officer added .

Published – September 13, 2025 03:30 pm IST