ACB traps inspector accepting ₹2 lakh to register a complaint
The Hindu
Police from Chikkajala station had taken ₹8 lakh earlier from the complainant
Officials with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday caught an inspector attached with Chikkajala police station while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹2 lakh from a landlord who wanted to register a complaint. They charged Inspector Raghavendra under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and also arrested a middleman who was reportedly facilitating the deal.
According to the ACB officials, the accused officer had demanded ₹10 lakh from the landlord to launch the investigation against trespassers who were trying to encroach onto his land. “Raghavendra had taken ₹8 lakh earlier as an advance to register the complaint. He demanded that the complainant give him the remaining ₹2 lakh,” said an ACB official.
Unable to pay the remaining amount, the landlord approached ACB and filed a complaint. A team laid a trap and caught Raghavendra redhanded while he was accepting the money at the police station.