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  • Four cops in Uttar Pradesh booked in connection with death of man under mysterious circumstances

    By PTI
    MUZAFFARNAGAR: Four policemen have been booked in connection with the death of a 50-year-old man whose body was found under mysterious circumstances in Alem town of Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said on Monday.

    Family members of the deceased, identified as Ombir, had staged a protest here on Sunday alleging he died after being beaten by four policemen when they raided their house.

    Police registered a case against four policemen and an unidentified person under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) on the complaint of the deceased’s family, Station House Officer Rajat Tyagi said.

    Three among the policemen have been shifted to police lines, he said.

    Superintendent of Police Sukirti Madhav Mishra on Sunday had said an enquiry has been ordered to find the reason behind the death of the man.

  • Seven Uttar Pradesh cops suspended for registering ‘wrong’ human trafficking case

    By PTI
    BHADOHI: A case has been registered against five Uttar Pradesh police personnel for registering a “wrong” human trafficking case against three people, including owner of a vehicle carrying migrant labourers during the lockdown.

    Seven police personnel, including these five, have been suspended for dereliction of duty and maligning the image of the force.

    Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh on Sunday said a truck carrying 42 migrant labourers was intercepted by Inspector Sanjay Rai of Koirauna police station area and other policemen in August this year.

    A case of human trafficking was registered against the truck owner Chandan Subhash Chauhan, driver and cleaner on charges of human trafficking.

    The driver and cleaner were later sent to jail, police said.

    Subsequently, Chauhan moved a petition in the Allahabad High Court, which considered the police action ‘wrong’, and instructed Additional Director General of Police (Varanasi) to probe the matter.

    The ADG handed over the departmental probe to ASP (Protocol) Anurag Darshan, and the investigation did not find the case as that of human trafficking.

    The police personnel involved in the matter were found guilty, the SP said.

    He said on the orders of ADG, a case was registered against then inspector Sanjay Rai, sub-inspector Ram Ashish Bind, constables Ravindra Kumar, Vishnu Saroj and Pradeep Kumar on Saturday at the Koirauna Police Station.

    Apart from these five police personnel, Sub-Inspector Nemtullah and head constable Adya Prasad Yadav have also been suspended, the officer added.