Investigating into the claims of a Church priest, who had accused the local police of showing Rs 9.66 crore instead of a total seizure of Rs 16.65 crore from his residence, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Punjab Police acknowledged the allegation and submitted its report recommending an FIR against three people, including two policemen and a private person.
Not only the SIT put a stamp to the allegation of Father Anthony Madassery but also refuted the claim of the Khanna police that the priest and five others were picked up from a checkpoint.
On March 29, the Khanna Police had claimed to have seized Rs 9.66 crore of “hawala” money from six persons, including Father Anthony, from a location from a location near the GT Road at Doraha in Khanna. Two days later, at a press conference, the priest accused police officials of showing Rs 9.66 crore, instead of the Rs 16.65 crore seized from them.
After a day when after Father Anthony of the Jalandhar Diocese accused the local police of embezzling Rs 6.65 crore seized from his residence, Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta had marked the inquiry to IG (Crime) Praveen Sinha