Apple executive murder case: Amethi SHO sent to police lines for backing accused cop

“We are looking into the contents uploaded by Singh. No police official has the right to take law in his or her own hands and action will be taken against them. For now, he has been sent to police lines. Further action will be taken after the investigation is over,” said Amethi Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya while talking to the media.

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On Friday, three policemen were suspended for wearing black armbands to work in protest against the arrest of constable Chaudhary. Police swung into action after photographs of the constables sporting black armbands began doing the rounds of social media. Initially, police tried to play down the incident, saying the photographs had been morphed. But as the day progressed, an inquiry was ordered.

Besides, SHOs of three police stations were also removed for lack of supervision and two former constables, Avinash Pathak and Vijendra Yadav, were arrested for alleged attempts to incite policemen to protest the arrest of their colleague.

Meanwhile, constable Sarvesh Chaudhary posted in Etah district, who was suspended for indiscipline after he posted a video in support of the accused, submitted his resignation to Etah SSP Ashish Tiwari on Friday. SSP’s public relation officer confirmed that the resignation has been accepted.