MP-COPS-SUSPENDED

24 policemen suspended in MP for links with betting racket

Jabalpur, Jan 10 (PTI)Twenty-four junior level

policemen were Thursday suspended for their alleged links with

a betting racket here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.

The betting racket was busted Wednesday and the

seizure of a dairy revealed their links with bookies, he said.

"Twenty-four cops have been placed under suspension

and line attached (taken off ground duty) after prima facie

evidence pointed to their links with the betting racket,"

Superintendent of Police Amit Singh told PTI.

A departmental inquiry has been ordered into the

incident, he added.

Police seized a diary from a member of a gang that

accepted bets after busting its illegal operations in the

Gohalpur police station area Wednesday, Singh said.

The district police chief said the diary had the names

of the policemen who have been suspended.

Later, the police interrogated bookies who admitted to

their links with these policemen, who are of constable and

head constable ranks, the SP said.

The accused admitted to greasing the palms of the

suspended policemen to run their illegal business, police

sources said.