Cops charge sheeted in extortion cases
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 19 2024: The Special Judge, (Prevention of Corruption Act) Imphal East has taken cognizance of a charge sheet submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Md Rajib Khan, Inspector of Manipur Police on the charge of extorting money from three individuals after threatening to implicate them in a case registered against underground outfits.

Based on a written complaint filed by Dy SP NIA Headquarters, New Delhi, a case was registered against Inspector Rajib Khan (39) s/o (L) Rahimuddin of Friends Colony, Mantripukhri opposite CRPF camp and Sh Vishal Garg 50 s/o JK Garg Daisy of Green Valley Sector 41/42, Faridabad, Haryana, then SP NIA Branch office Imphal.

The FIR was lodged against them based on the information that Sh Vishal Garg and Rajib Khan collected huge amount of money from three residents of Manipur by threatening to implicate them in an NIA case.

It was said that the NIA registered a case on March 9, 2022 on the allegation that active cadres of banned underground organizations were raising funds in Manipur and the case was assigned to them for investigation.

In the name of investigating the case, certain businessmen/professionals were called for examination, mostly without legal notice and they were threatened with false implication in the NIA case in presence of the then SP NIA Branch Office, Imphal Sh Vishal Garg.

Thereafter Inspector Rajib Khan would offer to vindicate them in lieu of money.

Payments were made in cash and Md Rajib Khan received the money.

Thereafter the matter would be closed.

In this way, Inspector Rajib Khan collected Rs 60 lakh from three individual residents of Imphal during the period May to August 2022 at the instance of NIA SP Vishal Garg.

Enquiry also revealed the possibility of the two threatening other people/witnesses and extortion of huge amounts of money from them.

The Investigating officer of the CBI after completion of the investigation submitted the charge sheet before the Court on December 30 last year against them under different sections of IPC and PC Act.

The charge sheet mentions that the circumstances, documentary evidence and oral statements established beyond reasonable doubt extortion and taking of illegal gratification by Md Rajib Khan from three individuals.

The Court, after perusing the materials on record, took cognizance of the charge sheet under section 120B/388 IPC and 7 & 7(A) of PC Act against Md Rajib Khan and registered it as a special trial (PC Act) case.

Further, the Court summoned Md Rajib Khan to appear before the Court on August 29 .

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