Mangaluru South police station personnel were arrested on Saturday for allegedly extorting money from an electrician named Raviraj [31] of Pandeshwar.
The arrested were identified as police drivers K.S. Lokesh Achari and Dhananjay under the Mangaluru South police station.
Raviraj's colleagues in the police station said that on Friday, 07 November, around 9 PM, he was taken by Hoysala patrolling vehicle (KAE 348) of Mangaluru South police station from his house.
When he was in the patrolling vehicle, drivers K.S. Lokesh Achari and Dhananjay allegedly extorted money from electrician Raviraj by threatening him, assaulting him and accusing him of consuming ganja. Raviraj is a policeman himself, employed as an electric lineman in MESCOM.
Raviraj filed a complaint with the Mangaluru South police, after which the police arrested the accused policemen.
Another policeman under investigation
It is said that police driver Sudheer Reddy is also under investigation in the matter, and police are investigating whether he was involved.
The Mangaluru South police have registered an FIR on Raviraj's complaint and arrested the accused policemen.
Further investigation is underway.
