JAIPUR: A team of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) from Jaipur arrested a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) rank officer posted as circle officer (CO), rural in Jhunjhunu district and two constables for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.55 lakh.
The two constables were accepting the bribe on behalf of the DSP rank officer for filing chargesheet in a case related to dowry harassment from the complainant.
B L Soni, director general, ACB, stated that a complaint approached the headquarters on September 10 and stated that the accused CO Bhanwar Lal Khokhar along with two constables Rajveer Singh and Mahipal Singh were demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. “The bribe was demanded for filing chargesheet in a case related to dowry harassment. Following the complaint, our team verified it. In the verification, the constables asked the circle officer whether they should accept the bribe or not to which the officer gave a positive response. After the verification, a trap was laid in which all the three accused were arrested,” Soni added.
Two teams of ACB participated in the trap as one teams reached at the office of the CO while another team reached the Nawalgarh situated house of the constable Mahipal Singh. “After Mahipal informed the circle officer on receiving of the bribe of Rs 1. 55 lakh, our team raided and arrested the accused. Likewise the other team arrested the circle officer and the constable Rajveer Singh,” said a senior officer of ACB.
According to the ACB officers, the accused CO had kept the chargesheet pending in a dowry harassment case since February 2020. “Though the two constables demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh, later agreed to accept Rs 1.5 lakh,” the officer added. A case under appropriate sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has also been lodged against the three accused while the teams were raiding at the their offices and residential premises.
