MUMBAI: The Bhandup police on Friday booked two police constables after it found that seized cash and valuables worth Rs 5.31 lakh were missing from the police station.
The valuables were part of recoveries in different cases during 2012 and 2019. Seized materials are kept in police custody and returned to the complainant(s) when the court orders. The two cops -- woman constable Nirmala Lohare and Bharat Suryavanshi -- were booked under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC.
