The cops of Hujurpur police station in Bahraich faced charges of killing a theft accused in their custody while a station house officer in Shamli district was removed on charges of corruption.
According to reports from Bahraich, a man accused in a theft case allegedly died in the custody of Hujurpur police.
The Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) has been asked to probe the incident.
“Almost 15 days ago, theft was reported in the house of one Keshri Singh in Dhurkhi village under Hujurpur police station). Ashok Soni, 27, the servant, was taken into custody by the police for questioning.
On Wednesday, Ashok fell ill. He was taken to a community health centre and subsequently to the district hospital, where he died,” said Superintendent of Police Gaurav Grover.
Grover said a panel of three doctors conducted the post-mortem, which was entirely video-graphed.
“As per the initial post-mortem report, there are no injury marks on the body of the deceased. Hence, prima facie, this seems to be a case of natural death,” the SP said.
He said SHO of Hujurpur police station Pramod Kumar Singh and another policeman had been sent to Police Lines as charges were made against them for harassing the accused leading to the death of Ashok Soni.
In another incident reported from Shamli district, the in-charge of Kairana police station has been suspended for alleged negligence of duty, officials said Thursday.
SHO Rajender Nager was suspended on Wednesday following complaints of corruption against him, Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar said.
The action was taken after a group of traders, led by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Tejendra Nirval, met the SP to complain against Nager, police said.
Meanwhile, the sleuths of Special Task Force claimed to have killed a dreaded criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, in an encounter with them in Pratapgarh.
Inspector General of Prayagraj range, Mohit Agarwal, told reporters that the UP STF, acting on a tip-off, set out to catch Tauqir and his accomplice.
“However, the duo started firing on the cops. In retaliatory firing, Tauqir was seriously injured and taken to the district hospital where he was pronounced dead,” the IG said.
Tauqir’s accomplice managed to flee.
Confirming the encounter, SSP (STF) Abhishek Singh said that Tauqir had a criminal history which included murder, attempt to murder, dacoity and extortion.
He said that Taukir committed sensational murders of marble trader Rajesh Singh, jail warden Hari Narayan Trivedi and gram pradhan Dinesh Dubey in Pratapgarh district in the past.
Police said a carbine, two pistols, mobile phone and a motorcycle were seized from the place of the encounter.