Overview
- An FIR names 11 personnel, including SDOP Pooja Pandey and Bandol police in-charge Arpit Bhairam, under BNS sections for dacoity, wrongful restraint/kidnapping and criminal conspiracy.
- Authorities say multiple accused are in custody, with one account reporting nine detained and others citing five or six, including Pandey and several constables, as the search for the rest continues.
- All 11 have been suspended, and a Special Investigation Team is conducting the inquiry under senior police supervision.
- Investigators are probing allegations that a team intercepted a car on October 8–9 near Siladehi, recorded about ₹1.45 crore, and failed to account for the full sum traders say was roughly ₹2.9–2.96 crore moving from Katni toward Maharashtra.
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed the DGP to act and vowed strict legal and departmental measures as the probe seeks to establish the total seized and any missing money.