Lucknow, Aug. 1 -- Two police personnel were suspended hours after 40 undertrials were allegedly found resting in the chambers of their lawyers and not reported to the in-charge assigned for their counting at the time of their arrival for hearing of cases against them at the civil and sessions court in Wazirganj here on Wednesday.

"Those suspended were identified as Dharmendra Nayak and Kamlesh Kumar," said a Lucknow police press note released late at night. They were sent to the lines.

The irregularity surfaced after office bearers of the Central Bar Association (CBA) conducted a surprise check and raised an alarm, informing the chief judicial magistrate, the joint director prosecution, and other officials about the same around 6pm on ...