Sacked now, this ex-cop thrived on absconding mafioso's properties!

DIG, SAHARANPUR, DISMISSED ACCUSED INSPECTOR ON JANUARY 11 AFTER PRELIMINARY PROBE FOUND ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM TRUE

- Rohit Kumar Singh

LUCKNOW: A former Saharanpur police inspector, who was recently terminated, allegedly thrived on properties of mafioso-turned-politician Haji Iqbal alias Bala after illegally acquiring them, revealed a probe into the incident.

In Saharanpur, police inspector Naresh Kumar, 52, allegedly got transferred around 49.6 bigha ‘Benami’ land worth several crores of Mafioso Haji Iqbal alias Bala, also a former MLC, in his wife Rajrani’s name from different people between June and August 2023.

The payment made through cheques in the name of paying the amount was never encashed and the amount paid was allegedly transferred to another account of his aide at gunpoint.

These allegations made in two FIRs registered against the former inspector and his wife at Sadar Bazaar and Mirzapur police stations on October 17 and 18, 2024 respectively were found true in the departmental inquiry after which deputy inspector general of police, Saharanpur range, Ajay Kumar Sahni sacked the inspector last week on January 11. HT has the downloaded copy of the two FIRs. Saharanpur circle officer (CO), City-II, Munish Chandra, who is the investigation officer of both cases lodged against the accused inspector, confirmed Naresh Kumar’s termination.