India, Nov. 14 -- Four police personnel, including a sub-inspector, have been suspended and booked here for allegedly demanding a Rs 5 lakh bribe to release an accused from custody, an official said on November 13.

Bijnor Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar said Amjad Majidi, a resident of Patthargarh village in Panipat, filed a complaint alleging that Inspector Kulveer Singh, the in-charge of Saharanpur police post under Najibabad police station, and three constables arrived at his residence on the night of November 11.

They took his nephew Hamza into custody in connection with a 'khair' wood theft case.

The complainant said SI Kulveer Singh gave him the contact number of a constable named Vijaypal. When contacted, Vijaypal demande...