The matter does not end there. Even the police personnel again in garb of militants are involved in criminal activities. A report from Amritsar says that seven persons in police uniforms came to the house of Dharam Singh in an industrial colony on the Batala road on April 24 and forcibly took him away in a truck. Members of his family immediately informed the Vijay Nagar Police post suspecting that the kidnappers were militants as Dharam Singh had been getting threatening letters A joint patrol party of the state police and CRPF intercepted the truck. They found the kidnappers to be personnel of Sadar Police Station. Seven kidnappers including an ASI who headed the Sardar Police Station were taken to the Vijay Nagar Police post from where two of them “escaped” according to the residents. Other five police personnel including the ASI were suspended by Amritsar Police Chief Sanjiv Gupta. An eye witness account revealed that the policemen posed as militants and took away Dharam Singh to extort money.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 6, 1991
