Delhi HC asks police to probe police-parking mafia nexus
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the city police chief to conduct an inquiry into an alleged nexus between police officials and illegal parking mafia and sought appropriate action against the culprits.
Issuing notices to the police as well as Delhi government, the court sought responses from them on a PIL alleging a contractor illegally occupying DDA land and charging exorbitant parking fee from the general public in a commercial place in Outer Delhi.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the Commissioner of Police to conduct the inquiry and take action as per the law.
"Any nexus of this kind between the police and parking mafia will not be allowed. It is the obligation of the police to curb the menace....".
The bench fixed 4th May as the next date of hearing the matter.
Filing the PIL through advocate R K Singh, petitioner Shamsher Kaushik alleged a parking contractor Narender Kumar Sharma has illegally encroached the car parking area of Mangalam Commercial plaza in Rohini area in connivance with the local police and charged exorbitant parking fee from the visitors.
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