One of the seven cops had allegedly given his mobile phone to two gangsters when they were taken out of jail for medical check up at JJ Hospital which was used to make an extortion call.
The enquiry was instituted after the two gangsters, who belonged to one Pandav Putra gang, called up a builder in suburban Santacruz from JJ hospital and demanded Rs 30 lakh in February 2011.
The mobile that was used to make the call belonged to one of the cops who had brought them to hospital. The enquiry launched into the incident found the cops guilty.
The seven cops suspended are Inspector Balkrishna Gurav, Assistant Sub-inspector Pramod Gaikwad, Constable Nandlal Devre, Constable Sanjay Girkar, Constable Devendra Pange and two women constables Usha Bagul and Kavita Borse.
The police said that the two gangsters Deepak Walekar and Ramesh Junnagade spoke to the builder for five minutes.
The cops, in their defence during the enquiry, said that the mobile phone was given to the gangster as he told them that he wanted to talk to his family.
Though the police sources confirmed the incident, they did not comment when asked whether any penal action would be initiated against the errant police.
