2 cops, 4 civilians arrested for looting silver from businessman in UP

All three police personnel are attached with Bhognipur police station in Kanpur Dehat district.The looted silver, worth more than Rs 37 lakh, was recovered from the official residences of Pal and Kaushik.The businessman, Manish Soni alias Sagar, a resident of Banda, said the incident took place Tuesday morning when he, along with his family, was travelling in a vehicle from Banda to Auraiya via Bundelkhand Expressway.

Two police officers, along with four civilians, have been arrested for allegedly looting 50-kg silver from a businessman on the pretext of checking his vehicle, an official said on Friday.

The officers -- station house officer (SHO) Ajay Pal and sub-inspector Chintan Kaushik -- have been suspended. Head constable Ram Shankar Yadav, who is on the run, has also been suspended. All three police personnel are attached with Bhognipur police station in Kanpur Dehat district.

The looted silver, worth more than Rs 37 lakh, was recovered from the official residences of Pal and Kaushik.

The businessman, Manish Soni alias Sagar, a resident of Banda, said the incident took place Tuesday morning when he, along with his family, was travelling in a vehicle from Banda to Auraiya via Bundelkhand Expressway. The vehicle was stopped by four people, two of whom were in police uniform, he said.

The policemen forced them to get off the car, searched the vehicle and took away bags containing 30 pieces of silver weighing more than 50 kg, he said.

They then forced the driver to sit in their car and drove towards Auraiya. The driver was later dropped near Bhaupur bridge in Auraiya, he added.

Auraiya Superintendent of Police Charu Nigam told PTI on Friday that several police teams were deployed to crack the case after an FIR was registered.

After gathering inputs, she shared them with Kanpur Dehat SP BBGTS Murthy. They later raided the official residences of SHO Pal and SI Kaushik Thursday night and recovered the looted silver. Subsequently, they were arrested on Friday morning.

The Auraiya SP said four civilians were also arrested but she did not reveal their names.

She said a case has been registered under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 379 (punishment for theft) of the IPC.

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