Agra, Nov. 7 -- Three police constables were suspended and a preliminary inquiry was ordered against nine, including four sub-inspectors, by police commissioner Deepak Kumar. The action follows complaints of corruption, lodged against them by citizens, on the helpline number issued for such complaints, a release issued by the commissionerate on Thursday, read.

The commissioner had launched a helpline 7839860813 for citizens on September 30. Locals were asked to lodge their complaints against police in cases of corruption faced by them.

The media cell of the Agra Police Commissionerate stated that on an average, 100 calls were received each day but not all were related to charges of corruption. It stated that the helpline was issued in c...