GORAKHPUR, Sept. 23 -- In a fresh crackdown on police personnel, Gorakhpur SSP Raj Karan Nayar on Tuesday suspended the station house officer (SHO) of Pipraich, Purushotam Anand Singh, for failure to curb cattle smuggling in his area. Nine other policemen -- including Jungle Chatr Dhari outpost incharge Vinay Singh and five constables posted at Gulhariya police station -- were also suspended and attached to respective police lines, Lucknow headquarters.

Nayar stated that the action was taken following gross negligence and slackness in handling cattle smuggling cases. The action came after a 19-year-old NEET aspirant, Deepak Gupta, was killed during a clash between locals and cattle smugglers in Mahua Chapi village under Pipraich police s...