New Delhi: In a shocking incident , Delhi’s Assistant Sub-Inspector Sube Singh, Head Constable Indu Pawat and Constable Ajay Kumar have been accused of abducting a man and a demanding a ransom of Rs 1.5crore from his family. The three officials were dismissed from their service on Thursday for committing the shameful crime.

As per reports, three were arrested from North Delhi’s Maurya Enclave on December 4.

The police officials, who pledge to serve the people and protect them, themselves kidnapped the victim and sought money from his wife.

Another police official, the Station House Officer of Ranhola police station, has been sent to district lines and a probe ordered against him. A case of kidnapping and extortion has been registered against the three policemen.

Police said a case of cheating was registered in Chandigarh against Pradhan, who was kidnapped by the policemen, and five others. Except for Pradhan, the five others involved in the cheating case were arrested, he said.

Pradhan was caught on Sunday by the three policemen accused of kidnapping him. They held him hostage in Uttam Nagar and threatened his wife to implicate him in the cheating case if she refused to pay Rs 1.5 crore, the officer said.