Bareilly (UP), Mar 30 (PTI) Three police constables were suspended here on Saturday for allegedly thrashing a canteen operator and attacking him with a knife after he refused to give them money, officials said.

According to a complaint filed by Amit Saxena, who runs a canteen near a country liquor shop in Subhash Nagar, the three constables along with another person came to his shop on Thursday night and began asking for money, SHO Satish Kumar Rai said.

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When Saxena refused to give them money, an argument broke out between them but soon after the constables and the other man left the shop, he said.

However, a few minutes later the constables returned and attacked Saxena with a stick, belt and a knife. They also vandalised his shop, Rai said.

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An FIR was registered and SSP Ghule Sushil Chandrabhan suspended the three constables and sent them to police lines. Departmental action will also be taken against the accused, Rai said.

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