The sleuths of the lokayukta police here on Tuesday caught a police jawan red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 15,000.
The accused identified as Ramhansh Singh, a hawaldar with Gayakwad chowki under Kishanganj police station of Mhow has been booked under Prevention of the Corruption Act. According to report, the police hawaldar had demanded a sum of Rs 5,000 each from three persons against whom a complaint had been registered with Kishanganj police station last year by one Rakesh Jatav.
Hawaldar Ramhansh Singh who was probing into the matter, in order to dispose off cases against the complainant had demanded a sum of Rs 15,000. One of the complainant Nilesh, son of Gulab Singh Thakur, a native of Panda village lodged a complaint with the lokayukta SP Virendra Singh, alleging that the hawaldar Ramhansh Singh who was probing into a case against him and his maternal uncle Omprakash and Ravi Kaushal, had demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from each of them, failing which they will register a case against them.Taking cognizance of the complaint, lokayukta conceived a plan to trap the police hawaldar.
Accordingly, police jawans in plain cloths along with the complaint met the accused and finalized the deal. While finalizing the deal, police jawans in civil dress also recorded their conversation with the accused. On Tuesday morning, as per their plan, lokayukta DSP B S Parihar, S l Kataria, Anil Singh Chouhan and other jawans of the lokayukta police were deputed near Gayakwad police chowki.
As soon as the complainant handed over a cash bundle of Rs 15,000 to the hawaldar, the sleuths of the lokayukta police who were watching the incident from a close distance, arrived there and arrested the him. The lokayukta SP Virendra Singh said that last year a case had been registered against one Rakesh Jatav and his two friends with Kishanganj police station.
Thereafter, a chalan had also bee issued against them.In retaliation, Rakesh Jatav also lodged a complaint against complainant Nilesh, Omprakash and Ravi Kaushal. Hawaldar who was probing into the matter later demanded a sum of Rs 15,000 from Nilesh and his maternal uncles to quash case against them.