Rohtak, Nov. 17 -- Jind superintendent of police (SP) Kuldeep Singh on Sunday suspended 10 policemen for negligence in preventing crop residue burning.

The SP said that the police teams have visited villages under Uchana, Garhi and other police stations to inform people about the hazards of stubble burning , despite that farm fire cases were reported from these areas.

"The policemen deployed there have failed to fulfil their duty. If similar incidents are repeated, strict action will be taken. We can't take this issue lightly as the air quality index in the district has increased in the last week," he added.

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