Fake Encounter, 3 UP Cop Suspended
- 23-Mar-2021
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A police inspector alongwith two constables have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district. Actions taken for arresting a dhaba owner and nine others after a fake encounter and then sending them to jail. Police claimed that the dhaba owner and others are involved in illicit liquor and cannabis business.
All this was after the dhaba owner reportedly asked two policemen from their 'thana', who were eating at his restaurant, to pay for the food they had consumed.Police action against their accused colleagues comes over 40 days after the incident took place, and only after senior officials got to know of the matter and ordered an inquiry.
The dhaba owner and the others - customers who reportedly intervened on his behalf - were ‘arrested’ on February 4.A detailed press note released that day, the men were trying to smuggle alcohol and drugs and arrested after an ‘encounter’ at night.
