As many as 6,500 young police recruits lost their jobs while 12 Indian Police Service officers were suspended on Tuesday as the Uttar Pradesh government exposed one of the biggest recruitment scams in the state.

The suspended officers include one inspector general (IG), nine deputy inspectors general (DIG) and two superintendents of police (SP).

Charge sheets were being filed against 58 officers of the Provincial Police Service, including 18 of the additional SP rank and 40 deputy superintendents of police.

The Mayawati government took action after scrutinising the recruitment made by the previous regime headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav.