A milk parlour owner and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) were on Saturday caught red-handed by Madhya Pradesh lokayukta’s Special Police Establishment while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, lokayukta sources said.
Station House Officer (Piplani) Subodh Tomar demanded a bribe of Rs 2.50 lakh from contractor Vijay Shrivastava for not taking action against him in connection with a land-related complaint.Shrivastava was told to pay the bribe amount to milk parlour owner Devendra Rajput. Rajput was arrested when he was accepting the bribe. ASI Bharat Singh Tomar, who was present at the spot, was also arrested. lokayukta police have begun investigation against the SHO.
Earlier the complainant Vijay Shrivastava lodged a complaint with the lokayukta that SHO of Piplani police station Subodh Tomar is demanding bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh for not filing case against complaint lodged by Madan Balani.Balani who is a builder had lodged a complaint against Shrivastava with Govindpura and Piplani police regarding some land dispute. The Piplani police took interest in the matter and tried to make money as they were aware of the back ground of the Shrivastva and Balani.
They informed Shrivastava and convince him that no action would be taken if he pays around Rs 2.5 lakh. He initially refused but after several threatening calls made by Assistant Sub Inspector Bharat Singh Tomar and SHO Subodh Tomar he agreed to bribe and subsequently lodged a complaint with lokayukta.
The accused were informed by Shrivastava that he would make the payment in two parts and would pay Rs 1 lakh on Saturday. The accused played smart and told him to provide money to Devendra Rajput owner of Sanchi milk parlour. ASI Tomar was present near the spot but playing safe he was not ready to accept the money and wanted to take the bribe using Rajput as mediator but Shrivastava told that he would provide money to ASI Tomar only and when ASI Tomar came out he was nabbed by lokayukta.lokayuta officials have registered a case against Devendra Rajput, ASI Bharat Singh Tomar and SHO Subodh Tomar.