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Shillong: Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) Lajja Ram Bishnoi has filed a petition before the Meghalaya High Court seeking quashing of the FIR filed by suspended cop GK Iangrai against him for using a fake number plate.
On May 9, former Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Meghalaya Police GK Iangrai filed an FIR against DGP Lajja Ram Bishnoi for allegedly misuse and tampering of registration number plate of his vehicle.
It was registered under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467 (forgery), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along with section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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The DGP in his petition has alleged that FIR is not maintainable and that it should be set aside and quashed.
He claimed that the FIR was nothing but vengeance and grudge against him since the suspended police office had faced action during his tenure.
In the FIR, the former AIG said that the Enquiry Committee constituted dated July 18, 2022, in its report contained in Para 1 of page 3, states as follows: “One Hyndai Verna which is parked at Central Workshop has been allotted a fake number and no Registration of the vehicle was done by AIG-A, since no documents are available”.
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Further in the FIR, the former AIG said that the another aspect of the matter is really intriguing as would be evident from the following facts: “Lajja Ram Bishnoi, who is holding the chair of the Director General of Police, Meghalaya, came to Shillong, to join his present posting on May 17, 2022 in a white Kia Carnival Limousine model vehicle, which was having registration of Government of Assam, but thereafter, it appears Lajja Ram Bishnoi, in an act of criminal conspiracy, changed the number plate of the vehicle and now he is putting a new number plate bearing registration number ML-02-A-0001, which number is registered for the aforesaid vehicle Verna 1.6 VTVT.”
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Meanwhile Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said investigation into the complaint against the incumbent Director General of Police (DGP) Lajja Ram Bishnoi for allegedly using a fake number plate will continue even after his retirement.
“FIR has been lodged and an FIR has been registered, so the case will continue, the investigation will continue. The retirement does not affect that,” Sangma told reporters.
“As I said for us, it’s very simple that when a complaint comes every FIR is a proper case and as per the law, whatever needs to be done and as per the rules, what has to be done, will be followed, irrespective of who the person is,” he said.
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On May 9, former Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Meghalaya Police GK Iangrai filed an FIR against DGP for allegedly misuse and tampering of registration number plate of his vehicle.
The complaint filed with Sadar Police Station, also came close to the heel of Bishnoi’s retirement on May 19.
Stating that the law will take its own course, the chief minister said, “We have been very clear from day one with every situation of law that we have come across, that law is the same for all and therefore, the law will take its course.”
“Whatever the complaints have come in, the procedure has been followed, FIR has been registered and an investigation is on,” he added.
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