Two officials from CR Park police station, under the Southeast police district, have been suspended for seeking Rs 1 lakh for registering an FIR in a theft case.

While the original FIR is yet to be registered, the accused officials are absconding even a month after a case was registered against them on September 7 for seeking the bribe.

The Anti Corruption Branch registered separate cases against Sub-Inspector (S-I) Satya Prakash Bhardwaj and Constable Pramod Kumar based on a telephone conversation between S-I Bhardwaj and the complainant.

Complainant Vikas Bharti is a senior executive in a multinational shipping company.

He took his case to CR Park police early last month after his bag was stolen from a car. Bharti, a senior officer acquainted with the case said, landed at IGI from a Singapore flight and was on way home in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh.

After briefly halting at a petrol pump in Kalkaji, South Delhi, the car (a Toyota Innova) sped towards covering the 300-odd kilometres towards Kannauj. According to the officer, Bharti has told police that he was tired after the long flight and took a nap in the car after alerting the driver.

Somewhere near Faridabad, the officer said, the driver told Bharti that he was stopping for a cup of tea. He reportedly fled.

Alert after a few minutes, Bharti realised his bag containing his passport and other documents were missing. He went back to the Kalkaji petrol pump and then approached S-I Bhardwaj and Constable Pramod Kumar at CR Park police station. They allegedly demanded Rs 6,000 and assured him the bag would be recovered.

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