Home Dept. suspends PI of Monitoring cell over bribe charges

Home Dept. suspends PI of Monitoring cell over bribe charges

Gandhinagar: State Home Ministry, on Wednesday, suspended a police inspector of the State Monitoring cell (SMC) on the allegations of bribery.

According to the sources, SMC Inspector J H Dahia was probing the case of an alleged human smuggler, Bharat aka Bobby Patel. The monitoring cell arrested Patel on January 13 and handed over the investigation to Sola Police. However, Dahia kept inquiring and demanded money from the accused.

After gathering evidence about the complaint against Dahia, the Home Department suspended him. An official from the home department told the media that he received money to help accused Bharat Patel. DeshGujarat