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Cop arrested with Rs 11 lakh in his car on Ajmer border

Ajmer: The ACB on Tuesday midnight seized Rs 11,36,900 from the possession of sub-inspector Keser Singh Naruka from a toll tax booth on Ajmer-Nagaur border. Naruka was posted at Khemsar police station but was transferred to police lines in Nagaur on August 10.

ACB also seized 21 bottles of booze from his car.

On Wednesday, ACB sealed Naruka’s house in Ajmer. Another case under the Excise Act was registered against him at Thawala police station where the accused is in custody.

There are several complaints pending against Naruka in the vigilance department of state police.

According to officials, an ACB team was waiting at the toll tax booth of Thawala. Around 1am, Naruka’s car reached the booth where ACB officials asked him to cooperate but he denied. Search started on the orders of DSP Mahipal Choudhary and team found the cash from his possession in addition to 21 bottles of booze. “We asked him about the money but he was unable to provide any satisfactory answer,” said an official.

Sources said former sarpanch of Khemsar Munnaram alleged Naruka for taking bribe of Rs 4.5 lakh in connection with an opium case. The DGP initiated vigilance inquiry after the complaint in the first week of this month and therefore Naruka was transferred to police lines on August 10.

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