Garhwa SP Sudhir Kumar Jha has suspended four policemen, including an Assistant Sub- inspector (ASI) in a surprise check, on Saturday. The SP also sought explanation from the ASI. According to SP, he reached at Ramkanda Police Station on Saturday night at 1am to conduct a surprise check. During checking, he found that Assistant Sub-inspector Baban Singh was absent from the patrolling duty.
He suspended the ASI and asked explanation from him. One another constable Pintoo Kumar was found absent from his night duty. The SP also suspended the constable. The SP reached at Ranka Police Station at 3 am and found a constable, Ramchandra Ram absent from his duty. He suspended him as well as one havaldaar, lakhi Chandra Vishanu.
While returning to Garhwa, the SP was stopped by CRPF near Annraj ghati. The CRPF had planted an ambush for trapping the extremists near the Annraj ghati where SP was stopped. later, he was allowed to go after verification.