MEERUT, Jan. 12 -- A police station house officer (SHO) in Badaun district is under investigation for allegedly fabricating a cattle smuggling encounter and falsely implicating an innocent man, after the accused's family presented mobile location records and CCTV footage proving he was in another city when the crime occurred. The case has triggered action from senior officers, with all raids suspended pending inquiry.

The accused's family approached senior police officials with digital evidence showing that the man named in the case was in Bareilly district at the time of the incident, not at the location where the encounter allegedly took place.

Rajesh Kaushik, in-charge of Kunwargaon police station, assumed charge on November 1. On No...