In a four-and-a-half-month-old case of restoration of 25 spools of banned plastic kite from a cycle restore store, the Sadar police of Khanna booked a girl constable and her aides for planting the banned kite string within the store with intention to implicate the proprietor following an previous rivalry.

The names of the accused, constable Ravinder Kaur, alias Ravi, who was deputed on the metropolis police station of Khanna, and her aide Gurdeep Singh, alias Deepi of Alaur village, got here to the fore after the arrest of their aide Chandar Sharma, alias Manu Sharma of Gobindgarh. According to the police, Chandar had stored a gunny bag containing 25 spools of plastic kite string on the cycle restore store of Jasvir Singh of Alaur village.

Khanna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Amneet Kondal suspended constable Ravinder Kaur and ordered to ship her to the Police Lines with speedy impact.

The police had arrested Jasvir for possessing banned plastic kite string and recovered 25 spools from his store. A case below Sections 188 and 336 of the IPC, Section 51 and 39 of the Wildlife Protection Act and Section 15 of the Environmental Protection Act was lodged towards him. During investigation, Jasvir stated a bike-borne man had stored the gunny bag at his store stating that he would return in a couple of minutes and would take the bag. Minutes after he left, the police carried out a raid and arrested him.

Inspector Hardeep Singh, SHO at police station Sadar of Khanna, acknowledged that the police began investigation on the premise of claims made by Jasvir. The police on April 24 recognized the person as Chandar, who had stored the spools of plastic kite string within the store. On May 1, the police arrested the accused. During questioning, Chandar advised the police that he had stored the banned kite string within the store on the behest of Gurdeep and Ravinder. Later, they knowledgeable the police in regards to the spools.

The police stated Gurdeep and Ravinder had planted kite string within the store following an previous rivalry with Jasvir.

Later, the police added Sections 451, 211, 417, 420 and 120-B of the IPC within the FIR. A hunt is on for his or her arrest.