On the recommendation of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the Bikru carnage, a departmental inquiry has been started against 11 former circle officers posted in Kanpur Nagar .
Superintendent of Police ((South) Deepak Bhuker, who has been entrusted the inquiry, told media persons that all the former circle officers would be called for recording their statements.
While some of these officers have retired, others have been promoted and are posted in different parts of the state.
It may be recalled that during the probe, the SIT had minutely examined the details of the entire 37 years, right from the emergence of Vikas Dubey as a gangster to the stage of his encounter.
The SIT examined when and how cases were registered against Dubey and what actions were taken in those cases, when did the police take preventive action against him and on whose recommendations his arm licences were issued. Taking all these points into consideration, the SIT had recommended a probe against senior police officers.
After launching a departmental inquiry against 37 cops from the rank of constable to inspector, the names of 11 circle officers came to the fore.
The SIT report also discussed the tenure of two circle officers of Bilhaur and Rasoolabad without mentioning their names.
Bhuker said the former circle officers who formed part of his investigations included Nandlal, Karunakar Rai, Sunder Lal, Prem Prakash, Ram Prakash Arun, Subhash Chandra Shakya, Laxmi Nivas and Amit Kumar (COs Bilhaur), CO Office and Passport Harendra Kumar Yadav, CO Sisamau and CO Rasoolabad.