Suspended Kanpur Inspector Consumes Poison, Critical

Kanpur, Nov 11 (TNA) Inspector Anoop Singh, who was under suspension from the Bidhnu police station in Kanpur, consumed poison in the outer police line on Thursday evening. When his condition deteriorated, fellow policemen admitted him to the ICU of a private hospital located in Sarvodayanagar, where he continues to be in very critical condition.

The police has started the investigation of the case. Anoop Singh, originally a resident of Orai, is a 2015 batch inspector and was posted at Bidhnu police station. On September 13, there was an allegation of him picking up two teenagers and assaulting them. On the very next day, three policemen including Anoop were suspended.

Since then he has been under suspension. Departmental proceedings are also going on against the errant cops. Anoop lives in a rented house in Kalyanpur. On Thursday evening, he had reached the outer police line located on the traffic line and consumed poison.