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3 cops suspended on charge of extortion

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Press Trust of India Howrah (WB)
Last Updated : Aug 08 2014 | 4:56 PM IST
Three policemen, including a sub-inspector, were suspended for allegedly collecting money from a truck driver on NH-6 at Dhulagarh here, police said today.
The accused, identified as SI of Sankrail Police Station Sumanta Mukherjee, and constables Durjodhan Malik and Susanta Guchhait, were caught red-handed while they were collecting money from a truck driver at Dhulagarh crossing, they said.
Acting on a tip-off, an anti-corruption wing of police arrived at the spot near the truck terminal.
The anti-corruption personnel took the three, who were on patrol, to the nearby police station and interrogated.
They have been suspended and a departmental probe has been ordered.

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First Published: Aug 08 2014 | 4:56 PM IST

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