Policeman booked in Punjab for offender's abduction

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Chandigarh , 01 Sep 2014

A senior Punjab Police officer and three other people have been booked on charges of abducting a proclaimed offender from a police station, officials said Monday.Inspector General Gautam Cheema, posted in the information technology and telecommunications wing, was booked along with three others, including a woman, for allegedly abducting proclaimed offender Sumedh Gulati last week from a police station in Mohali, 10 km from here.No one has been arrested so far.Gulati was brought to the police station for questioning. He is said to be a close associate of property dealer Devinder Singh Gill, who was arrested recently by Haryana Police.Police said Cheema and his accomplices came to the police station in a private vehicle and took Gulati away even while he was being questioned after his arrest.Gill's wife Krispy complained to the police earlier that Cheema allegedly tried to molest her.A number of officers, including policemen, are alleged to have invested millions of unaccounted money with Gill in real estate but he conned them.