UP: 12 cops booked in case of assault, looting

An FIR has been lodged against 12 policemen in a case of assault and looting, an official said on Saturday.

Inspector in-charge (SHO) of Kandhai police station Dhirendra Thakur said, ''An FIR was lodged on Friday evening against the police personnel accused of entering the house of women during the 2021 panchayat election.'' ''The accused include the then police station in-charge Inspector Neeraj Walia, sub-inspectors Shailendra Tiwari and Surya Pratap Singh among others,'' he said.

The FIR was lodged on the direction of the Human Rights Commission and Director General of Police (DGP) after the victim, a resident of Rajapur Mufrid village, sent a letter to them complaining about the incident, Thakur added.

The complaint read, ''On April 20, 2021, station in-charge Kandhai Neeraj Walia along with the police raided her house in the night and without asking anything started breaking the household items and after collecting the jewelry kept in the cupboard, snatched the mobile from the women of the house.'' After investigating the case, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission sent its report to the Bar Council on September 7, 2021, in which the accused policemen, including Neeraj Walia, were found guilty.

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