Karnal, April 19 -- Karnal SP Ganga Ram Punia on Friday said that he has suspended in-charge of Assandh unit of CIA and one other cop after they were booked for bribery for demanding Rs.37 lakh to discharge an accused in a murder case.

The tainted cops were identified as sub-inspector Mandeep Singh, in-charge of the unit and head constable Rishi Kumar, posted at the unit at their office in Assandh sub-division.

Since the matter came to light, both the cops remain absent from duty and another sub-inspector cop has taken charge of the unit, the SP said.

The matter pertains to last month's case of Manpura village, where a woman was murdered and two others received injuries.

Punia said that the CIA unit was probing the matter and had arre...