HYDERABAD: A sub-inspector (SI) of Medipally police station in the Rachakonda commissionerate was caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths when he allegedly took Rs 10,000 bribe from the complainant on Tuesday.
Based on the complaint of N Prasanth, a student, the accused sub-inspector, Ch Yadagiri Raju of Medipally police station, was caught red-handed at 12.10pm at his office.
According to Anti-Corruption Bureau officials, SI Yadagiri Raju was investigating a road accident case registered under Section 337 of the IPC and the complainant’s father, N Srinu, is a victim in the accident. “To identify the accused and fix up responsibility, the SI demanded bribe,” an Anti-Corruption Bureau official said.
Not willing to give the bribe, the complainant approached Anti-Corruption Bureau and a trap was laid after verifying the prima facie information.
On Tuesday afternoon, when the accused accepted the bribe from the complainant at his office at the PS, the Anti-Corruption Bureau team arrested him.
The tainted bribe amount was recovered from the sub-inspector’s possession.
A chemical test conducted on the accused yielded positive results. The sub-inspector has been arrested and he would be produced before the Anti-Corruption Bureau special court for judicial remand.
