Policeman arrested for accepting bribe

Policeman arrested for accepting bribe

January 9, 2014   04:00 pm

A police inspector attached to the Fort Police station was arrested today by the Bribery Commission for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 75,000. He was arrested while accepting a part of the bribe and is scheduled to be produced before the Fort Magistrate Court.

 

The police inspector is charged with taking a bribe from an individual who was arrested on charges of indecent conduct at the Fort Railway Station. The accused has allegedly taken a bribe of Rs. 12,000 at the point of arrest from the man and had taken his National Identity Card and had demanded another Rs. 63,000 from him.

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