Bhiwandi Police Officer, CCTV Technician Booked For Allegedly Deleting Police Station Surveillance Footage
Bhiwandi: In a serious breach of police accountability, a police naik and an unidentified private CCTV technician have been booked for allegedly tampering with official surveillance footage and destroying crucial electronic evidence at Bhoiwada Police Station in Bhiwandi. The alleged manipulation involved deleting recordings from five hard disks of the station's CCTV network, reportedly to…
Bhiwandi police officer Umesh Chandrabhan Nagre and an unidentified CCTV technician have been booked for allegedly deleting surveillance footage from the Bhoiwada Police Station. According to prosecutors, Nagre used his position to collect money illegally from Akhtar Ali Abbas Ali Momin and assisted him in evading legal consequences.
The deleted footage from five hard disks, which recorded events prior to 11:08 pm on March 14, 2025, could have been used as evidence against Nagre. The alleged act involved the assistance of a private CCTV technician to erase crucial electronic records. Charges against Nagre and the technician were filed under Sections 241, 238, 239, 324(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as Sections 65 and 66 of the Information Technology Act. The case is currently under investigation.
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