Mumbai, Feb 19: The Mumbai police on Saturday registered an offence against three policemen for allegedly robbing and extorting money from angadias and their employees in south Mumbai, an official said.
The Mumbai police’s crime branch has arrested assistant police inspector Nitin Kadam and sub-inspector Samadhan Jamdade, while inspector Om Vangate of Lokmanya Tilak Marg police station is a wanted accused, he said.
An FIR was registered against the accused officers based on a complaint lodged by additional commissioner of police Dilip Sawant (South), after the police received several complaints about them, he said.
A probe revealed that on December 2, 3, 4 and 6, the accused had intercepted an angadia businessman and his employee and extorted money from them, he said.
These activities were also captured by the CCTV cameras of Mumbadevi Chowky, the official said.
The policemen were remanded to police custody till February 21. (PTI)
