The Central Disciplinary Board of the Police Service has set up a three-member panel to try 41 policemen in the Ashanti Region for allegedly misconducting themselves while on operational duties at Wa in the Upper West Regiion last July, reports the Times.

The cops - five Inspectors, a District Sergeant, 14 Corporals and 14 Constables - were said to have misconducted themselves by forcibly entering the Office of the Regional Commander, Mr F.K. Agyemang, to demand ration. Dependable police sources told The Times on Monday that the affected policemen had started submitting their statements to the enquiry panel chaired by Superintendent Charles Brew, Commander of the Police Training School in Kumasi.

The policemen were dispatched to Wa last July 30, to assist their local colleagues and those from the Brong-Ahafo and Northern Regions to maintain peace in the wake of the Wa chieftaincy dispute.