This Article is From Mar 23, 2010

Goa drug nexus: Warrant against cop

Panaji: A non-bailable warrant has been issued against a constable for his alleged involvement in the drug peddler-police nexus case in Panaji, police said on Monday.

Sanjay Parab, a constable earlier attached with Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC), is among six policemen booked for their links with Israeli drug peddler Yaniv Benaim alias Atala.

The other five policemen, including Inspector Ashish Shirodkar, whose nexus with the drug peddler was alleged in a tape, have earlier been arrested.

"We are searching him and have issued non-bailable warrant against him," Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch) Chandrakant Salgaoncar said.

Atala, also arrested by the Crime branch, had claimed in a videotape that Shirodkar was pushing drugs in the market stolen from court lockers.

The peddler was arrested after local media aired the videotape.

Salgaoncar said Parab has not reported for duty after the complaint was lodged against him.
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