MLA’s complaint against police

Arkalgud MLA A.T. Ramaswamy has alleged that local police demanded a bribe from a person to remove him from the rowdy sheet. The MLA has written to the Superintendent of Police of Hassan complaining a

Arkalgud MLA A.T. Ramaswamy has alleged that local police demanded a bribe from a person to remove him from the rowdy sheet. The MLA has written to the Superintendent of Police of Hassan complaining against the police in this regard. At a press conference in Arkalgud on Saturday, Mr. Ramaswamy said Haneef had been on the rowdy sheet of Arakalgud Town Police Station. He had settled in Kerala for the last 10 years engaged in a business. Recently he approached the MLA with a request to remove him from the list, as he had not been involved in any illegal activity for 10 years and responded whenever the police called him. “I had spoken to the SP of Hassan to consider his request and take proper action as per the law. The SP also had instructed the local police on the issue”, he said. However, the MLA said, when Haneef approached the police with relevant documents, the officers at the office of Circle Inspector demanded ₹50,000 and those in the station wanted another ₹25,000 to recommend the removal of his name from the rowdy sheet.