A voice suspected to be that of Suneet Kumar Singh, station house officer of Mauranipur in Jhansi district, is heard alerting Lekhraj Singh Yadav, an accused in several murder and extortion cases, about a planned encounter. Manage the Babina MLA and the BJP district president if you want to save yourself," says the person believed to be Suneet, who has been suspended pending an inquiry. Babina MLA Rajeev Singh Parichha and Jhansi BJP chief Sanjay Dubey have denied interfering in encounter killings. SSP Vinod Kumar said: "It is a serious matter that a police officer is trying to bargain with a criminal. The Opposition has accused the state government of eliminating rivals in "fake encounters".

Source: The Telegraph April 14, 2018 21:00 UTC