UP Cops Caught on Camera Accepting Bribes for Fake Encounters

A cop was heard explaining how he would falsely implicate someone by planting evidence.

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UP cops caught on camera accepting bribes for fake encounters.
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UP cops caught on camera accepting bribes for fake encounters.
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Three Agra policemen were suspended after they were caught on camera, in a sting operation by a TV channel, accepting cash in return for a staged encounter.

Among the three officers -- Jagdamba Prasad, Station House Officer (SHO) of Basai Jagner police station, Balbir Singh, sub-inspector of the same police station, and Sarvesh Kumar sub-inspector at Chitrahat police station -- Kumar was heard saying that he would gun down an innocent civilian for a sum of Rs 8 lakh.

In the clip, Kumar is also heard explaining how he would falsely implicate someone by planting evidence, subsequently naming him an accused, and ultimately shooting him down in an “encounter”.

(Photo: Youtube screenshot)

On the other hand, Prasad and Singh were heard saying that they could do anything for the positions of SO (station officer) and station in-charge respectively.

(Photo: Youtube screenshot)

"One can do anything for this charge of a station officer. Killing, bribing, anything can be done for this post,” Prasad told India Today reporters, who posed as businessmen wanting to frame a “fictitious competitor” in a ploy.

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