TN policeman tries crossing border illegally, arrested by Bangladesh army
Police sources here identified the policeman as John Selvaraj , SSI attached to Selaiyur police station in Tambaram City police.
Representative image; John Selvaraj
CHENNAI:The Tambaram police Sub inspector who tried to enter Bangladesh illegally via West Bengal was arrested by the Bangladesh Army on Friday.
John Selvaraj (47) a native of Trichy, was posted as a special Sub inspector of the Selaiyur police station.
A few days ago John Selvaraj applied for medical leave and said that he is travelling to his native Trichy. Later, he was arrested by the Bangladesh Army when he attempted to enter their country illegally via West Bengal.
The Bangladesh Government informed the Indian government and then during the investigation, it was found that John Selvaraj was a police officer.
The police high authorities were alerted and the investigation is on to find why John Selvaraj travelled to Bangladesh Illegally.
Police sources said that he used to take the accused personnel to court from the Selaiyur police station and are investigating whether John Selvaraj has any links with any Bangladeshi personnel involved in crime.
John Selvaraj who was from the 1993 batch was posted in Trichy but there he was not regular for the work and then he got suspended.
Later after giving an apology letter he was transferred to Chennai and posted in Teynampet and then was transferred to the Selaiyur police and worked as a special sub inspector.
