3 in police uniform harass, extort Rs.30K from man at Mumbai Central
MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- A 37-year-old jeweller from Rajasthan was harassed, slapped, and verbally abused in front of his seven-year-old daughter before he was robbed of Rs.30,000 by three suspected frauds in police uniform at Mumbai Central railway station.
The incident occurred on August 10, and the Ratangard police in Rajasthan registered an FIR on Sunday. The case was then transferred to the Mumbai Central Government railway police station for investigation. The complainant, Kamal Soni, arrived in Mumbai on August 1 with his daughter to attend a jewellery exhibition. He had with him a gold bar weighing 14 grams for business and took it back when he returned.
On August 10, with his daughter and brother-in-law, Soni reached Mumbai Central station around 10.30pm to board their 11pm train. "On platform number 5, a man in uniform stopped and demanded to check my bag," he said. "When he saw the gold bar and Rs.31,900 cash, he began asking questions. I told them that I had receipts. However, for no apparent reason, he slapped and abused me in front of my child. For about 30 minutes, they detained me in a dark room and threatened to arrest me," he said.
Soni did not protest as he did not want to miss his train and see his daughter traumatised. The man allegedly took all the money and returned Rs.1,900 to Soni. "Soni does not remember if the men wore name tags, he only said they were in khaki uniforms," said senior police inspector Hemraj Kumbhar....
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