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Mumbai: Four suspended cops booked in drugs planting case
Updated On: 20 December, 2024 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
FIR registered 112 days after complaint was filed; victim says accused had pressured him to falsely implicate his friend

CCTV grab shows cops in plain clothes frisking Dylan Estibeiro
An FIR was finally registered on Thursday by the Vakola police after 112 days against the four personnel of the Khar police station who were suspended for planting drugs on a man. The incident took place on August 30 in Kalina.
mid-day had reported on viral CCTV footage that where the officers could be seen planting drugs on the man identified as Dylan Estibeiro, 30. He was later taken to a police chowkie, where the officers allegedly pressured him to falsely name his friend, Shahbaz Khan, who was not present at the time of the incident, in the case. Even as the Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the matter, it was consistent follow-ups by the complainant that compelled the Vakola police to book the cops.


