Noida police have suspended six personnel from the Phase-2 police station for allegedly withholding information about the recovery of a stolen truck loaded with goods, exposing a breakdown in reporting and coordination between police units in Noida and Delhi.
The action was ordered by Noida Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh and carried out by Central Noida Deputy Commissioner of Police Praveen Ranjan on Saturday, according to officials cited in the report. The suspended personnel include Sub-Inspector Dharmendra Singh, who headed the station’s private Special Operations Group, Sub-Inspector Vikas Sikarwar, Head Constables Ashish Kumar and Zuber Rizvi, and Constables Bhudev and Ashu.
The team is reported to have intercepted the truck one day before Diwali. A subsequent inquiry found that the vehicle had been stolen from Delhi and that a case had already been registered at a local police station there. Despite the recovery, the Noida team allegedly did not inform senior officers or formally communicate the complete details of the incident for five days.
The matter came to light after Delhi Police contacted Noida police officials about the recovery of the truck. The report said that the Central Noida DCP then informed the police commissioner, following which the six personnel were suspended. Officials are investigating why the recovered truck was not entered at the police station without delay and whether other personnel were involved in the decision to withhold the information.
The incident highlights the administrative importance of timely reporting when stolen vehicles cross district or state boundaries. Such cases require police units to preserve the chain of custody, notify the relevant investigating agency and maintain an official record of the recovery. The report does not provide details about the value or nature of the goods carried in the truck.
Officials have not confirmed a report that the truck driver escaped from the police station despite being under police supervision. That aspect is part of the ongoing inquiry, according to the report. The investigation is also expected to examine the circumstances in which the recovery was handled and whether any additional police personnel played a role.
The suspensions follow a wider disciplinary drive within the Noida police commissionerate. In the previous month, five outpost in-charges were suspended after a crime review meeting for allegedly ignoring public complaints, failing to resolve grievances properly and receiving unsatisfactory feedback. Preliminary inquiries were also ordered against three assistant commissioners of police and 32 other personnel.
Those earlier actions involved officers from outposts linked to Sector 24, Sector 12/22, Jewar and Surajpur police stations. The police commissionerate had also warned other outpost and beat in-charges over inadequate action against theft, vehicle theft, burglary and snatching incidents. The latest suspensions add a reporting and inter-agency coordination failure to the issues being examined by senior officers.
Noida police officials are expected to complete the inquiry into the delayed reporting, the handling of the recovered vehicle and the possible involvement of other personnel before deciding whether further disciplinary action is required.
