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A First Information Report (FIR) under sections of murder was registered on Wednesday, 29 September, against six police personnel in Uttar Pradesh (UP)’s Gorakhpur after a 38-year-old businessman from Kanpur died during a late-night raid at a hotel in the city.

Previously, SSP Gorakhpur Vipin Tada had told the media that the six cops had been suspended.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be meeting with the kin of the deceased on Thursday, confirmed Kanpur DM Vishakh Aiyar to ANI.

According to news agency ANI, the businessman, identified as Manish Kumar Gupta, had been injured in the raid and was hospitalised but later succumbed to his injuries.

The incident will be probed by SP North (Manoj Kumar Awasthi), Tada said.