Four cops face dismissal for leaving DSP alone

Former SHO of Kunda Sarvesh Kumar Mishra and station officer Hathigawan police station Manoj Kumar Shukla,besides two others

Former SHO of Kunda Sarvesh Kumar Mishra and station officer Hathigawan police station Manoj Kumar Shukla,besides two others,face dismissal from service after an inquiry has found them guilty of escaping from Balipur village in Pratapgarh on the night of March 2,when DSP Ziaul Haque was attacked and killed,Inspector General Law amp; Order RK Vishwakarma said on Monday.

The IG said Pratapgarh Additional SP ASP Asha Ram,who had conducted the inquiry into the role of eight policemen accompanying the CO at Balipur village that night,has submitted his report. Besides dismissal of the then Kunda SHO and Hathigawan SO,he has also recommended dismissal of senior sub-inspector of Kunda Vinay Singh and Ziaul Haques gunner constable Mohammad Imran.

The ASP recommended minor punishment for four constables who accompanied the then Hathigawan SO Manoj,as the SO himself did not go to the spot where the mob attacked the DSP,who was circle officer of Kunda.

Vishwakarma said as recommended by the ASP,four policemen,including the SHO and the SO,will be dismissed from service under provisions of the police rules and manuals. The ASP had recorded statements of the policemen and the locals to find out if the cops accompanying the CO had escaped from the spot.

88 cops move High Court to quash transfer order

ALLAHABAD: Eighty-eight policemen from four police stations of Pratapgarh district on Monday approached the Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of their transfer order issued on April 3.

A total of 111 policemen,including the petitioners,had been transferred by the state following a request from the CBI in which it was said that local policemen were not cooperating in the investigation of Kunda triple murder case.

Alleging the transfers were manipulated by former minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya,one of the accused,the petitioners have arrayed him as one of the respondents in the petition. They have submitted a list of policemen,who they say were not transferred because of alleged proximity with Raja Bhaiyya.