While Meghalaya police busted a thriving fuel theft and adulteration racket along national Highway 6 in Ri Bhoi district, some vehicles bearing fake registration plates were also detected during the raid.
Two such vehicles are a Scorpio and a luxurious car with the numbers AS 01DL2562 and ML10 R 8818.
While source said these belonged to the officer in charge of Byrnihat Police Station, Amit Sinha the State police refused to divulge any details on the seizure of these vehicles and their ownership.
This is not the first time that Sinha’s name has come up of possessing luxurious cars. In the past, similar allegations have emerged when the officer was posted at Khapmara PIC. The officer has also been accused to have a nexus with coal traders.
During that year, the officer was said to have not register a FIR filed by the Ri Bhoi Youth Organisation (RBYO) against 93 illegal coal-laden trucks.
In 2021, the Meghalaya Humana Rights Commission (MHRC) had also directed the Director General of Police to institute an enquiry into allegations against Sinha for snatching a phone of a citizen, Kronding Nongbsap for filming overloaded trucks plying over the then weakened Dwar Ksuid Bridge.
