Mumbai crime branch officer caught taking ₹2 lakh bribe

API Nagesh Ambadas Puranik had demanded ₹12 lakh bribe from the wife of a man, who is an accused in a luxury car theft case

An assistant police inspector of the Mumbai crime branch was caught taking a bribe of ₹2 lakh, which was part of the amount that he had demanded for not initiating any action against an accused in a car theft case, an official of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Saturday.

API Nagesh Ambadas Puranik, 45, was caught red-handed at the crime branch's property cell in Byculla of central Mumbai on Friday, he said.

Puranik had demanded ₹12 lakh bribe from the wife of a man, who is an accused in a luxury car theft case. He had told her that if the money is paid, no action would be taken against her husband and his friend, the official said.