LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Corruption Organisation (ACO) has lodged a case against five policemen, including the then in-charge of Banthra police station, for framing a Lucknow trader and seven others in a theft and forgery case five years ago to 'show their good work'.

Following its probe into the incident, the ACO lodged an FIR on Wednesday (December 3) against the then Banthra inspector in-charge Prahlad Singh, senior sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar, sub-inspectors Santosh Kumar, Alok Kumar Srivastava and Rajesh Kumar under serious criminal sections.

Four of the five accused are currently posted in Bahraich while SI Alok Kumar Srivastava is posted in Lucknow Reserve Police Lines. Lucknow deputy commissioner of poli...