ACB arrests Bengaluru cop in Rs 10 lakh bribe case
Police Inspector’s accomplice nabbed while collecting Rs 2 lakh from complainant
BENGALURU:
Two persons involved in a bribery case, of whom one is a police inspector, were arrested by sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off from the complainant, a businessman, the ACB sleuths arrested Raghavendra, a police inspector attached to the Chikkajala police station, and a civilian also named Raghavendra.
Bribe to ‘settle’ dispute
The police official had allegedly demanded an amount of Rs 10 lakh from the complainant to ‘settle’ a civil dispute. The civilian was caught in the act while he was collecting Rs 2 lakh from the complainant on behalf of the policeman.
According to the complainant, he had already paid the accused Rs 8 lakh as part of the ‘deal’.
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