Six UP cops dismissed as criminal escapes from custody

Six policemen of Uttar Pradesh were today dismissed from service after a murder accused fled from the custody at Gautam Buddha Nagar.
"6 cops whose unprofessionalism allowed a dreaded criminal to escape from custody yesterday, dismissed from service. Lesson for others (sic)," DGP Javeed Ahmad tweeted.
Ankit Gujjar, carrying reward of Rs 50,000 on his head in western Uttar Pradesh region, fled from the police custody in Greater Noida yesterday.
Ankit was lodged in Maharajganj district jail and was taken to Greater Noida for a hearing.
Six police personnel of Maharajganj district were booked in Greater Noida police station over their "apathy".

Police said Ankit, a resident of Narvali village of Jarcha in Greater Noida, is accused of killing Narender Pradhan in Faridabad, BJP leader Vijay Pandit in Dadari, Vinay Joshi, a transporter in Jarcha, and a Shahibabad businessman.
He was arrested by Noida police and Special Task Force (STF) on November 23, 2014 from Sector-58 police station area and was lodged in jail in Mahrajganj district.