5 cops suspended in E Champaran

BETTIAH: Five police personnel, including two Station House Officers (SHO), in the East Champaran district were suspended while an officer-incharge was shunted to the police line on Friday after they were found indulging in a misappropriation of fine collected from the vehicle drivers.

East Champaran superintendent of police (SP) Navin Chand Jha said Mahuawa SHO Anil Kumar and three other

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The complaint against them by the public was found to be true in an investigation made by Sub Divisional Police Officer. They let a tractor go after holding it.

NAVIN CHAND JHA , Superintendent of police, East Champaran

police personnel from the same police station namely Naveen Kumar Singh, Brajendra Singh (both ASI) and Pramod Singh (Dafadar) have been suspended. “The complaint against them by the public was found to be true in an investigation made by Sub Divisional Police Officer. They

let a tractor go after holding it,” said the superintendent of police.

SHO of Nakardei was suspended while officer-in-charge Jitendra Kumar, Harpur, was shunted to the police line for negligence and dereliction of duty, said Jha.