Finally, Inspector Pannalal of Narhi police station in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh had to surrender. Azamgarh SOG team had reached his house to arrest him. Seeing himself surrounded, Inspector Pannalal surrendered. According to DIG Vaibhav Krishna, the inspector can also be taken to PCR for interrogation.
Narhi Inspector Pannelal arrested
Inspector Pannalal, who was absconding after the raid by ADG-DIG in Ballia's Narhi police station, surrendered in Gorakhpur on Sunday night. On the orders of ADG, a case was registered against the inspector in his own police station Narhi. At that time, the team of ADG DIG had arrested two policemen and 16 brokers. Now after the arrest of the inspector, a total of 19 people have been arrested in this case. According to DIG Vaibhav Krishna, the inspector will be produced in court today and sent to jail.
If needed, he will be taken on police custody remand later and further investigation will be done in this case. At present, the investigation team is considering Inspector Pannalal as the mastermind of the extortion case. However, the police also have some inputs which are enough to tell that Inspector Pannalal was supported by many big people and he was also getting a good share in the money earned from this extortion. According to DIG Vaibhav Krishna, as soon as the extortion case was revealed during the raid, Inspector Pannalal was suspended and a case was registered against him.
Inspector Pannelal is a resident of Gorakhpur
Since the inspector had fled from the spot, a team of Azamgarh SOG was sent to his house in Bharsi village of Gola police station area of Gorakhpur to arrest him. On getting the news of his being surrounded, the accused inspector surrendered by raising his hands in front of SOG. According to Ballia Police, Inspector Panna Lal had a lot of influence in the department. He was posted in Narhi police station for two years. During this time, many COs and SPs were changed. Inspectors of many police stations were also changed, but no one tried to harass Inspector Panna Lal.
In 2012, he was made a sub-inspector.
Inspector Panne Lal, originally a resident of Bharsi village of Gola police station area of Gorakhpur, became a sub-inspector in the year 2012 batch and was promoted to the post of inspector in just five years of service. He was also posted in many other police stations, but in August 2022 he got the charge of Narhi police station. From then till suspension, he remained posted in this police station. According to DIG Vaibhav Krishna, the game of extortion was going on in Narhi police station for a long time.
CO-SP caught
He and DIG Varanasi Zone got this information. After this, a raid was conducted in Narhi police station in a secret manner. On finding the information to be correct, two policemen were caught red handed on the spot. Also, with the help of these policemen, 16 brokers who used to extort money from truck drivers by beating them were arrested. In this case, on the recommendation of DIG-ADG, the state government removed the then SP DR Verma and CO of Ballia.