Anti-Romeo Drive: Cops Detain Innocents, Demand Bribe in UP
Cops on ‘Anti-Romeo Drive’ demanding bribe have been suspended in Rampur, UP
Anti-Romeo Squads set-up to prevent eve-teasing, questions the methods of the government, when two cops were allegedly harassing an innocent man and his niece in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.
The man and his niece were detained while passing through Atariya Chowk during Anti-Romeo Drive by two cops on Monday.
Cops took them to the police station and kept them for 5 hours. Later, they called their family and demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 to release them. Relatives gave the money to the cops and filmed them accepting the bribe. The footage was later passed to a journalist. After the initial investigation, both the cops were suspended.
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