Overview

• DSP Pooja Pandey and nine other suspended personnel were taken into custody after an FIR under BNS sections for dacoity, kidnapping, wrongful restraint and conspiracy.
• Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed DGP Kailash Makwana to act, leading to the FIR and the suspension of 11 officers including the Bandol police station in-charge.
• During an October 8 check in Seoni’s Siladehi forest, a car allegedly ferrying ₹2.96 crore from Katni to Jalna was intercepted by Bandol police.
• According to the complaint, the team assaulted the driver, failed to inform seniors, kept about ₹1.45 crore and returned the rest to the operator instead of formally seizing it.
• Police say the investigation is ongoing to confirm the exact amount and trace a reported missing ₹25 lakh, alongside earlier cases against alleged hawala operator Sohanlal Parmar.