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Four Uttar Pradesh Cops Dismissed For Extorting Jeweller
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News18•06-10-2026, 12:15
Four Uttar Pradesh Cops Dismissed For Extorting Jeweller
- •Four Uttar Pradesh constables were dismissed from service for allegedly extorting money from a jeweller named Sundaram.
- •The accused cops threatened to implicate the jeweller in a false drug trafficking case and harassed him at a police outpost.
- •Sundaram was released after his family paid the demanded extortion amount to the officers.
- •Following a preliminary inquiry and evidence review, the constables were suspended and subsequently dismissed from service.
- •Two of the accused constables were arrested and sent to jail while the search for the remaining two continues.
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Four UP constables were dismissed for allegedly extorting money from a jeweller named Sundaram after threatening to implicate him in a false drug trafficking case.
Following a preliminary inquiry that found them prima facie guilty, all four constables were suspended, and two of them—Pankaj Kumar and Virendra Kumar—were arrested and sent to jail while the others remained absconding.
The inquiry officer examined voice recordings, CCTV footage, and other evidence that confirmed the involvement of the four police personnel in the extortion.
