UP murder case convict found working in Uttarakhand Police for 19 years

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Feb 03, 2020 22:14 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): A convict in a 22-year-old murder case that took place in Uttar Pradesh's
Bareilly has been found to be working in Uttarakhand Police for 19 years.The fact came out after a court in Bareilly convicted and sentenced
Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Abhaipur under Bareilly Cantt police station, to life imprisonment
The policeman is now posted in Almora
A case of cheating has been registered against him at Pantnagar police station.According to police, Mukesh Kumar had shown himself to be a
resident of Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar at the time of his recruitment in Uttarakhand police in 2001.Uttarakhand was carved out of
Uttar Pradesh on November 9, 2000
The matter came to light after one Naresh Kumar, a resident of Bareilly, reportedly wrote to Superintendent of Police of Almora that Mukesh
was involved in a murder that took place in Bareilly in 1997, and that the court had sentenced him to life imprisonment.On finding the
complaint correct, a case has been registered against the accused, Mukesh Kumar, who had been posted in several districts over his 19 years
of service with the Uttarakhand Police
(ANI)