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Warje Malwadi police on Thursday arrested the constable based on a complaint by the 23-year-old truck driver from Bhiwandi in Thane district. An officer from Warje Malwadi police said the driver was on his way to Bengaluru for a delivery when a hatchback car forced him to stop his container truck near Chandni Chowk around 11.30am. A man dressed in khaki got out of the car, asked the driver to produce the truck documents and his driving licence, and demanded Rs 5,000 after checking the papers. The police have registered a case against the constable under sections 308 ( extortion ) and 126 (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The accused threatened to seize the vehicle and prevent the driver from proceeding if he failed to pay. Pune: A police constable attached to the Pune police headquarters allegedly demanded Rs5000 from the driver of a container truck and threatened to seize the vehicle if the driver didn’t pay at the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass near Chandni Chowk on Thursday.
Around the same time, our patrolling vehicle reached the spot and took the constable into custody,” the officer said. “Meanwhile, another truck stopped there after its occupants noticed the confrontation. Two men from the vehicle intervened after allegedly seeing the constable demanding money from the driver.