The district superintendent of police (SP) in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday suspended eight more cops in connection with the death of a youth in custody, taking the total number of suspensions to 10.

Those suspended on Sunday are sub-inspector of surveillance cell Alok, head constable of Nawabganj police station Mithlesh Singh, constables Dharmendra and Manoj, head constables of Special Operations Group (SOG) Rakesh Singh and Arun Yadav, and constables Aditya Pal and Amit Pathak.