HC directive to conduct inquiry into bribe demand by police officers
The Hindu
VACB asked to submit report by February 11
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into all the allegations levelled by a migrant family in Kochi including the one that police officials had demanded ₹5 lakh as bribe for releasing their daughters who were lodged in a care home after being traced from Delhi.
Justice Devan Ramachandran, while hearing a suo motu case registered following the allegations, observed that the VACB should look into all the allegations involved in the case and the inquiry should not merely confine to the demand of bribe alone.
The court directed the VACB to submit a comprehensive report by February 11 in a sealed cover for further orders after the inquiry.