Allegations
Pradeep Sharma is accused of having maintained close ties with various criminal gangs during his 25 years in the police. Upon joining the Chandan "chowky" (police station), Sharma allegedly kidnapped a local businessman with a fellow officer for extortion. He developed close links with the criminal organisation of Chhota Rajan. He was later accused of corruption, using extortion tactics and making threats to businessmen in cases of land disputes. In the mid-1990s, Sharma is believed to have aligned himself with the criminal organization of Dawood Ibrahim. He was accused of interfering in the CID investigation of the custodial death of one Khwaja Yunus, but was later exonerated. While heading the Amaravati Police Station, Sharma was again accused of corruption and involvement in the real-estate mafia and extortion rackets. Media reports quoted a police officer saying that Sharma had amassed as many as INR 3200 crores in illegal wealth due to his corrupt activities.
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