Since the 21 days lockdown has been announced by PM Narendra Modi, the life of people in India has come to a halt. People are babrely going out as section 144 has been imposed all over India in order to control the outbreak of Coronavirus. The import and export of goods has been stopped thus the truck drivers are halted at the borders of the district and states.

Police has been instructed to make sure that people are following the lockdown strictly. But amidst all this, there has been a few cases reported of police foul play. One such case has been reported in Bihar.

Sonu Sao, a resident of Patlapur village of the district, sustained a bullet injury on his thigh and was taken to a hospital by local people, who caught the constables and informed senior police officers, he said. The constables, who were posted at Danapur Sub- Divisional court, had stopped Saos vehicle, which was about to cross a pontoon bridge on its way to north Bihar, and allegedly sought money from him on Wednesday evening.

Speaking to press, Sonu said:

I was first asked to take the vehicle to police station and they hinted that I should talk to senior officers and that the matter could be resolved after paying ₹5,000.

The 3 constables have now been arrested and have been booked for extortion and attempt to murder.

According to the Bihar Truck Owners Association , this has become common for a few days where police officers stop truck drivers carry essential goods and ask them for bribery across various checkpoints in the state.

People are already facing difficulties to access the common household items these days. While in most of the places police is making sure they ease people’s troubles while maintaining law and order, but it’s terrible in some places where this situation has lead some corrupt officers a clean path to let out their foul plays