The police chief would have personally intervened to prevent information that could have led to the capture of Abdeslam | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Belgian police chief could be imprisoned for failing to share Abdeslam information: media Yves Bogaerts stopped information that could have led to the capture of Paris terror suspect being entered into a terrorism database.

Yves Bogaerts, the Mechelen police chief accused of burying crucial information about Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam, could face prosecution and six years in prison, Belgian media reports.

The police watchdog, Comité P, has concluded its investigation into the Mechelen police force's handling of the Brussels terror attacks and passed on its findings to the prosecutor in Antwerp, a spokesperson said.

According to Belgian media, that indicates a legal investigation into Bogaerts will be opened. If charged and found guilty of suppressing information, he could face a prison sentence of up to six years.

The potential charges stem from allegations Bogaerts personally intervened to prevent information that could have led to the capture of Abdeslam in December being entered into a national terrorism database because he deemed it "unreliable."

The information came from a former employee of the Mechelen police department, a radicalization expert identified as “X,” who tipped off police about a relative of Abdeslam who he feared had become radicalized. That relative was Abid Aberkan, who was hiding Abdeslam at a Rue des Quatre-Vents, Molenbeek, apartment.

Newspaper De Standaard reported Bogaerts killed the tip-off because he did not like X.

Abdeslam fled Paris after the November 13 attacks and was arrested in Brussels four days before the March 22 Belgian bombings. His arrest followed a months-long manhunt by international security forces.