UTTAR PRADESH: 6 policemen, including the outpost in-charge of Malviyaganj, have been suspended from duty for allegedly keeping with themselves the opium recovered from arrested contraband smugglers in Badaun, police said on Thursday.
SP Rural Area Siddharth Verma said, on November 11, constables Ashish, RinkuNishant, Harishankar, and Vipin along with SI Akash Kumar laid siege to the opium smugglers in the Moosazhag neighborhood and arrested them. Instead of handing them over to the Musazhag police, they brought them to Badaun, where a massive quantity of opium was recovered from them, which the policemen kept with them, he mentioned. Based on a preliminary inquiry, 6 policemen, including the sub-inspector have been suspended, he said.
The matter was investigated by SP City Amit Kishore Srivastava on the instructions of IG Bareilly Range. Police mentioned Mr. Kumar was suspended earlier also for the same reason, but the High Court had stayed his suspension and he was reposted in the district.
The SSP has also set up a special team to probe the whole matter and it will be headed by SP Rural, Mr. Verma said, adding that the report will be submitted in two weeks time. Further action will be taken against the concerned SIand policemen, he added.
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