All 68 police personnel at Chaubeypur police station near here were shunted to the reserve police lines on Tuesday with the top brass saying they suspected their integrity after last week’s ambush which killed eight policemen.
A spokesperson said an inquiry is already on and action will be taken against the guilty based on its findings. The drastic move Tuesday night followed soon after police announced the transfer of a DIG, who till recently was the Senior Superintendent of Police in Kanpur. He was transferred from the state’s Special task Force (STF) to the Provincial Armed Police (PAC) unit in Moradabad.
Police also arrested three more people in connection with the killing of the eight police personnel, ambushed early Friday when they were out on a raid to arrest gangster Vikas Dubey in his Bikru village near Kanpur. Dubey’s relative Shama, neighbour Suresh Verma and domestic help Rekha were arrested earlier in the day.
Rekha’s husband Dayashankar Agnihotri, a key member of Dubey’s gang, is already behind bars, arrested Sunday after an encounter in which police shot him in the leg. Two other alleged members of the gang were killed in an encounter last Friday. Police believe that the gangster was tipped off by someone from Chaubeypur police station, giving him time to lay an ambush. Station Officer Vinay Tiwari and three other policemen are already under suspension.
