<p>Kanpur (UP): Eight police personnel, including four sub-inspectors, were suspended for allegedly filing a fake FIR with serious charges of criminal house trespass, extortion and rioting against eight innocent persons, and sending them to jail, a senior police official said on Friday.</p>.<p>The cops, who were suspended on Thursday, were all posted at the Ghatampur Kotwali police station.</p>.<p>Police said a preliminary inquiry against the eight officers -- sub-inspectors Jaiveer Singh, Sankit Taugad, Ashish Chowdhry and Shivsharan Sharma, head constable Pratham Singh and constables Jitendra, Kuber and Pankaj Singh -- found the charges to be true.</p>.FIR mandatory in cases of alleged fake encounters by police: Delhi High Court.<p>Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (South) Ravindra Kumar on Friday told PTI that Ramadevi, the wife of Om Prakash Yadav who has been jailed in a land dispute case personally handed over a written complaint against the policemen.</p>.<p>She alleged that Ghatampur police had lodged a fake FIR a fortnight back and sent eight persons, including her husband and other family members, to jail in a land dispute case. In her complaint lodged on Wednesday, Ramadevi also alleged that the police took a bribe from one Ram Lakhan Tiwari and booked her husband and seven others in a case, DCP Kumar said. Additional DCP Ankita Sharma launched a probe into the matter and found the charges against the police personnel to be true, following which the eight officers were suspended, he added. </p><p>During police inquiry, it was found that Ghatampur police took action with mala fide intention, the DCP said.</p>.<p>It was found that the cops didn't take any preventive action in the land dispute case, instead directly booked eight persons under serious charges, the DCP Sharma said.</p>.<p>They also did not inform their seniors about the FIR, which also created doubts, he said.</p>.<p>A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against the suspended cops and others whose roles have come under the scanner. </p>
<p>Kanpur (UP): Eight police personnel, including four sub-inspectors, were suspended for allegedly filing a fake FIR with serious charges of criminal house trespass, extortion and rioting against eight innocent persons, and sending them to jail, a senior police official said on Friday.</p>.<p>The cops, who were suspended on Thursday, were all posted at the Ghatampur Kotwali police station.</p>.<p>Police said a preliminary inquiry against the eight officers -- sub-inspectors Jaiveer Singh, Sankit Taugad, Ashish Chowdhry and Shivsharan Sharma, head constable Pratham Singh and constables Jitendra, Kuber and Pankaj Singh -- found the charges to be true.</p>.FIR mandatory in cases of alleged fake encounters by police: Delhi High Court.<p>Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (South) Ravindra Kumar on Friday told PTI that Ramadevi, the wife of Om Prakash Yadav who has been jailed in a land dispute case personally handed over a written complaint against the policemen.</p>.<p>She alleged that Ghatampur police had lodged a fake FIR a fortnight back and sent eight persons, including her husband and other family members, to jail in a land dispute case. In her complaint lodged on Wednesday, Ramadevi also alleged that the police took a bribe from one Ram Lakhan Tiwari and booked her husband and seven others in a case, DCP Kumar said. Additional DCP Ankita Sharma launched a probe into the matter and found the charges against the police personnel to be true, following which the eight officers were suspended, he added. </p><p>During police inquiry, it was found that Ghatampur police took action with mala fide intention, the DCP said.</p>.<p>It was found that the cops didn't take any preventive action in the land dispute case, instead directly booked eight persons under serious charges, the DCP Sharma said.</p>.<p>They also did not inform their seniors about the FIR, which also created doubts, he said.</p>.<p>A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against the suspended cops and others whose roles have come under the scanner. </p>