Thane: The Shantinagar police station in Bhiwandi on Tuesday registered a case against a police constable attached to the crime branch and his two accomplices for selling banned gutkha worth ₹2.58 lakh in the black market.
S.A. Indalkar, senior police inspector, Shantinagar police station, Bhiwandi said, "Last month, we confiscated a huge stock of gutkha found in a truck and parked it in the premises of the Bhiwandi crime branch. However, Jitendra Patil, a police constable working in the crime branch, conspired with two unknown accomplices to sell seven big sacks for a total of ₹2.58 lakh in the black market. A case was registered against the three on Tuesday, April 18, based on the complaint filed by assistant police inspector Dhanraj Chandrabhan Kedar.”
