Sleuths probe financial deals of suspended PI

Sleuths probe financial deals of suspended PI
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, ARRIL 12 
The Crime Branch which is investigating the police-drug mafia links, has seized  a computer hard disc containing  property details  of  suspended Police Inspector Ashish Shirodkar even as it says some packets of narcotic drugs were eaten by white ants in the Anti-Narcotic Cell storeroom (malkhana).
Enquiries revealed that financial transactions including financial dealings were on the computer at Shirodkar’s friend’s residence  at Caranzalem. After intensive interrogation, Shirodkar disclosed part of his financial dealings, sources said. Based on his statements, Crime Branch sleuths searched the house of his close friend where they found the matter on his computer. The computer hard-disk was attached and later sent to CFSL,  Hyderabad .
The Crime Branch, the sources said, is investigating into the income of the suspended police inspector and the investments he has made so far. Obviously, they have set their eyes on the linkages with drug pushers.
It is learnt that the sleuths are in possession of some of Shirodkar’s financial transaction records.
The Crime branch has also written to some banks to verify
whether the suspended PI had fixed deposit accounts with them.
White ants: The Crime Branch has now found that  some packets containing  narcotic drugs   that were placed in  the  ANC storeroom (malkhana) have been  eaten  by  white  ants. Besides, some sealed packets were  found in unsealed condition.
It may be recalled that Atala, an alleged Israeli pusher, had on youtube said that the   suspended  police   inspector Ashish Shirodkar was diverting   drugs seized by the police  back into  market through  him.
According to Crime Branch there is ground to believe that  allegations  levelled against the  suspended  cop  are   genuine.
Our sources said, muddemal  seized during  raids is  kept in separate  safe and the drugs
received  from the courts is  kept  in the godown.
However, the exhibits  are removed  from the go-down by  policemen and  therefore ,  what the  accused Atala  narrated  in the  video  o website  appear  to be genuine, officials feel.
Meanwhile, Shirodkar today   withdrew his  bail application  filed before  High Court on Monday.
Five cops  were  suspended  and put  under arrest after their alleged  links with drug peddlers  came to light days after the expose of  police-drug mafia links through a video footage of Atala on youtube.
While they  filed for bail  before NDPS (Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Court in  Mapusa,  the court  declined to decide their  bail  applications for want  of  jurisdiction following which  they  moved  the High Court.
While deciding their applications, the High Court ruled  that  the NDPS Court has  jurisdiction to decide  bails pleas. The  application of Shirodkar  was   placed  for hearing  today . However, he has the withdrawn  application with a liberty to go before  the NDPS Court.
Absconding cop Sanjay Parab  who  had  filed for anticipatory bail before  High Court   has  also withdrawn his  application.