Video of police in Uttar Pradesh ‘escorting’ a murder suspect to a dhaba without using handcuffs goes viral.

LUCKNOW: Residents of Maholi in Sitapur district were shocked when they saw a police team ‘escorting’ a murder suspect to a roadside dhaba without handcuffs and then dining with the suspect.The incident surfaced after a video of the incident was recorded by villagers and posted online.The police team was later identified as sub-inspector Sanjay Yadav, head constable Ram Kishor, and constables Ashish and Manoj In 2017, Babbu was booked into the Lucknow prison after being accused of murder in a case filed at the Bhojpur police station in the Moradabad district. On Tuesday, he was scheduled to be brought before a judge in Moradabad. A police contingent transporting the accused to court the day before traveled the Sitapur route. The squad pulled over at a dhaba on NH 24 near Sitapur at about 11 p.m. on Monday, when one of the police officers offers the suspect a seat and another removes his handcuffs. In addition, another officer provided him with a cell phone, which he likely used to make touch with his associates before being apprehended.