Investigation into a robbery case has revealed that two police constables extorted a gold chain from an engineering student after threatening him for sitting with his girlfriend at an isolated place on Outer Ring Road in Wathoda area. The incident came to light when the youth approached the police and lodged a complaint. Earlier, the case had been registered against fake cops. However, it has now come to light that two constables attached to Kalamna Police Station are the culprits. The accused constables have been identified as Pankaj Yadav and Sandip Yadav, both attached to Kalamna Police Station. According to the police, the complainant is an engineering student at Symbiosis College in East Nagpur. The youth and his girlfriend were spotted by the constables when they were speaking at an isolated place opposite a hotel on Outer Ring Road on April 13 around 9 pm.

 

Pankaj and Sandip arrived at the spot on a two-wheeler and confronted the couple. They first introduced themselves as the beat marshals of Kalamna Police and inquired about the names of the boy and girl. For a few minutes, the policemen confronted the couple and threatened to take legal action against them for engaging in obscene activities at an isolated place. The couple was scared of police action, and the girl started crying in front of the police. Meanwhile, one of the constables also beat up the youth. After a few minutes of drama, the constables demanded Rs one lakh from the youth to refrain from initiating action against them. As the youth did not have that much cash with him, the cops asked him to hand over the gold chain he was wearing. The youth handed over the gold chain weighing 30 grams worth over Rs 2.10 lakh. After taking the chain, the constables vanished from the spot. The youth returned to his hostel and was in a state of shock for a few days. He narrated the incident to his friends and parents, who advised him to lodge a complaint with the police.