The owner of a car, stolen two years ago, could hardly believe it when he received a call from an automotive service center requesting his opinion. He was also surprised that the center told him that the vehicle had been returned to the station officer, Bithoor Police Station, Kaushlendra Pratap Singh, after the service.
Singh, one of the police officers injured in the Bikru ambush, in which eight policemen were killed by gangster Vikas Dubey and his men on July 3, would have continued to use the stolen car had he not taken the car for service.
Omendra Soni, the owner of the car, said his vehicle was stolen from the Barra area of a car wash center on December 31, 2018. He said he had submitted an FIR to Barra police, but that it could not be found. the vehicle.
On Wednesday, he received a call from the KTL service center asking if his vehicle was working fine after the service a few days ago.
“I was surprised by the query. They told me that my data was in the middle due to a previous service of my Wagon R, so the call was made for comments, “he said.
“I went to the service center and they told me that the vehicle was returned to SO Bithoor, Kaushlendra Pratap Singh on December 22 after the service,” he said, wondering why the police had not informed him that they had recovered his stolen vehicle.
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Singh, in his defense, claimed that he had found the car abandoned, after which it was impounded. However, he did not elaborate on the date the vehicle was found.
When asked how a police officer could use a seized vehicle if it was not allowed, he did not respond. According to the procedure, the Bithoor police should have informed the Barra police about the recovery of the car. However, the Barra police confirmed that they did not receive any hints from the Bithoor police.
With his face reddened, the high command of the police ordered an investigation of the case. IG, Kanpur range, Mohit Agarwal said that using a seized vehicle was illegal. The entire case would be investigated and any responsible person would face serious departmental action.
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