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Uttar Pradesh: 3 traffic cops suspended for demanding bribe in Lucknow

Updated on: 13 November,2022 03:59 PM IST  |  Lucknow
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A departmental inquiry was also ordered against them, an official statement said

Uttar Pradesh: 3 traffic cops suspended for demanding bribe in Lucknow

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A traffic sub-inspector and two constables were suspended for allegedly demanding a bribe from a truck driver in the Sushant Golf City area, according to a statement issued here.


A departmental inquiry was ordered against them, it said.


In the statement, Joint Commissioner of Police Piyush Mordia said he came across a stranded truck near the Ahimamau underpass of the city on Saturday night.


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The official said he enquired about the truck's driver, who was not in the vehicle, and found out that the accused sub-inspector and constables had taken the man aside to demand a bribe.

"The driver was taken aside by TSI Raju Bhasker and constables Dharmendra Singh and Ankur. The driver complained that the trio demanded a bribe from him," the statement read.

Acting on the allegations, Mordia suspended the TSI and the two constables, it added.

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