Asked To Pay, UP Cops Frame Dhaba Owner, 9 Others In 'Fake Encounter'

The police have posted a statement on Twitter, in which a senior area official said the allegations against the suspended cops, prima facie, are true

A police inspector and at least two constables have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district for allegedly arresting a dhaba owner and nine others after a fake encounter, and then sending them to jail while claiming to have recovered illicit liquor and cannabis from them. All this was after the dhaba owner reportedly asked two policemen from their 'thana', who were eating at his restaurant, to pay for the food they had consumed. Police action against their accused colleagues comes over 40 days after the incident took place, and only after senior officials got to know of the matter and ordered an inquiry. The dhaba owner and the others - customers who reportedly intervened on his behalf - were "arrested" on February 4.