Jhansi, July 10: A Police Inspector was caught red-handed by the anti-corruption department here on Thursday while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.
Inspector Vineet Kumar, posted at Mauranipur police station, approximately eighty km from the district headquarters, initially demanded Rs 40,000 from the complainant regarding an FIR related to a fight.
According to anti-corruption, a complaint was received from one Abhishek Yadav of Mailoni village & in his complaint he stated that on June 28 there was a fight between his father Jwala Prasad and one Brijkishore. During the altercation, Jwala sustained multiple injuries, including a fractured leg.
Both parties filed cases against each other, with Vineet Kumar designated as the investigating officer .
During the course of the investigation, Abhishek requested strict action against the opponents, at which point Vineet allegedly said that certain sections of the FIR needed to be increased. For this, Vineet is said to have demanded Rs 40,000 as bribe.
After some negotiation, it was agreed to pay Rs 15,000 in advance, with the remainder to be given after the work was completed.
Abhishek subsequently approached the Anti-Corruption Department and lodged a formal complaint.
A trap was set to apprehend Vineet & as per plan the victim called the inspector to Ambedkar crossing in Mauranipur but as soon as the victim handed over the money to Vineet, the Anti-Corruption team members apprehended the police inspector, who was in uniform, red-handed along with the pre-marked currency notes in the presence of a couple of independent witnesses nominated by the district magistrate.
The team brought Vineet to Jhansi and registered a case against him under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 at Premnagar police station.
Vineet will be taken to Lucknow, where he will be produced before the special court for prevention of corruption .
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