Indian cops suspended for boozing with prisoners

MUMBAI

Two Indian police, officers have been
suspended after spending a night out
on the town with prison inmates,
The pair reportedly spent seven hours
drinking with the two prisoners in a
beer bar in  the western Indian city
of Mumbai last month,

Deputy police commissioner S Jaykumar
said the officers signed the two  inmates
out on the pretext that they wanted to
make enquiries and took them to a bar,

"We found about it from the notes in
the station diary the next morning and acted
he told AFP on Tuesday,

"Full departmental inquiry will take place
and we'll decide how to proceed based on
the findings,'

It is the second time recently that Indian
police have been caught fraternising
with inmates,
Last week,a police raid on a sex district
discovered four officers along with a convicted
murderer ,they were supposed to be
guarding,AFP,