Two police officials of Muzaffarnagar and Bijnore have been suspended for dereliction of duty and not taking prompt action after the recovery of over 25 bodies in Ganga which supposedly floated from flood affected Uttarakahand districts.
Principal Secretary (Home) RM Srivastava said on Tuesday that SO of Rajaram police station in Muzaffarnagar Arvind Singh Pundir and SO of Kotwali in Bijnore, Vijay Singh Rana were suspended for not taking prompt action after the bdoies were recovered.
On Tuesday, 15 bodies were found floating in river Ganga in various districts including Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr and Bijnore. So far, as many as 26 bodies have been fished out from the river.
Meanwhile, the UP government set up a cell for the enquiry of missing people in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. The Communal Control Cell of the Home department has been assigned the task to look after the new Cell and Officer on Special Duty, Ashok Kumar Singh has been appointed as the nodal officer.
The fax numbers of the cell are 0522-2238409/2238407 and the phone numbers are 0522-2239295, 9454405067 respectively.