Lucknow, Oct. 7 -- Days after a Dalit man was mistaken for a thief and lynched in Rae Bareli district's Unchahar area, five police personnel, including two sub-inspectors, were suspended on Monday in connection with the incident.

While station house officer (SHO) Sanjay Kumar was removed from his post and attached to the crime branch, SP Yashveer Singh suspended sub-inspectors Kamal Singh Yadav, Prem Singh and constables Pradeep, Jai Singh Yadav and Abhishek. Five accused have been arrested even as police are still identifying other suspects involved in the brutal assault.

The victim, Hariom, a resident of Pure Turab Ali village in Fatehpur district, was on way to his in-laws' house in Nai Basti, Unchahar, on Wednesday night when some l...