Bengaluru City Police Commissioner suspends 10 cops for partying with drug peddlers

Bengaluru: Ten city police personnel, including an inspector, have been suspended for partying with drug peddlers and failing to crackdown on narcotics trade.

Chamarajpet police inspector Manjanna was suspended by the city police commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh, while the rest were suspended by Girish S, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West division. 

The other suspended personnel are head constables Ramesh and Shivaraj and constables Madhusudan, Prasanna, Shankar and Anand from Chamarajpet police station and J J Nagar police station personnel ASI Kumar, head constable Anand and staffer Basavanagouda.

"We received a complaint that these personnel had partied with drug peddlers. Initial investigation showed a prima facie case against them. We are also investigating if the cops had any financial dealings with the drug peddlers,” police sources said