Rajasthan police official officer arrested on graft, forgery charges

A Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officer of the 2019 batch was arrested here on Wednesday for alleged forgery and intimidation of the complainant to extort money.

A police spokesman said that Ritesh Patel, who is suspected to have nexus with sand (gravel) mafia, was demanding Rs 1 crore from the complainant in connection with a “business transaction”. The accused officer had received Rs 25 lakh online from the victim and another payment of the equal amount in cash. Based on a complaint in this connection, he was removed from his post and kept (on) awaiting posting order(APO).

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Even during the period of his APO status, the accused officer forged a fake SoG FIR and sent it to the complainant with the motive to pressurize the latter to pay the money. The authorities took exception to this daring act of the officer, and after initial probe, ordered an FIR at the Mahesh Nagar police station here Tuesday. In follow-up, the police took him into custody post midnight.

During interrogation at the police station on Wednesday, accused Patel confessed to have committed forgery and receiving the money, the spokesman said, adding, accordingly, he was formally arrested on Wednesday.