LUCKNOW: Five cops, who were caught on camera ‘escorting’ a murder accused to a roadside dhaba without handcuffs and later dining with him at the eatery, were suspended on Thursday.
The five suspended are sub-inspector Sanjay Yadav, head constable Ram Kishor and constables Ashish, Manoj Kumar and Jai Prakash Singh.
The stringent action was taken following a high-level probe by the police department.
At around 11 pm on Monday (August 29), the cops were found escorting murder accused Babbu to a roadside dhaba in Sitapur on NH 24 for dinner. The incident had come to fore after a group of locals captured a video of the act and uploaded it on social media. In the video, one of the cops was seen offering a chair to the accused with another unchaining his handcuffs.