THANE: In a major embarrassment to the police department, the Thane police commissioner on Wednesday suspended three officers and seven constables from Mumbra police station and set up a departmental inquiry against the ACP and senior inspector for allegedly "extorting" Rs 6 crore from a local toy dealer.
Sources said the action came after a letter written by the dealer and his partner earlier to the home minister and police chief went 'viral' on social media on Sunday.