Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar on Thursday, October 30, suspended a sub-inspector of the task force for dereliction of duty.

The sub-inspector identified as Srikanth Goud allegedly let two key accused, Satish and Shilpa Banda, escape police custody. The duo were wanted in a cheating case filed by P Vinay Kumar, the son of former Union minister Shivshankar.

Kumar alleged that Satish and Shilpa cheated him out of Rs 23 crore, promising high returns. A complaint was filed on September 18, based on which the Central Crime Station registered a case. It is suspected that the SI accepted a bribe from relatives of the accused.

Satish and Shilpa were arrested by the task force in Mumbai on October 23. However, Goud reportedly neglected the arrest procedure. The accus

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