A senior sub-inspector was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from an accused to provide him relief in a criminal case in Kannauj on Wednesday.
A case under Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the senior sub-inspector at Kotwali police station. He was arrested and suspended.
Giving details, SP (Anti-Corruption Organisation) Rajeev Malhotra said that Shakeel Hussain of Gursahaiganj area of Kannauj contacted senior ACO officials and complained that senior sub-inspector of Gursahaiganj police station, Jitendra Kumar, was demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 to give him relief in a case. Hussain said that a case (Crime No. 212/2018) was registered against him for molestation, sodomy, assault, attempt on life and also harassment for dowry.
Hussain said that the SSI asked him to pay Rs 50,000 to remove charges under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (making attempt on one's life) from the case.
After this, Inspector Shambhu Nath Tewari, posted at ACO office at Kanpur, was asked to lay trap on the SSI.
Hussain contacted Jitendra Kumar and called him to a park in Gursahaiganj on Wednesday morning and as the money was handed over to the SSI, Inspector Tewari pounced on him and caught him red-handed.
Meanwhile, in Maharajganj, a Revenue department official was arrested by a team of Anti-Corruption Organisation for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 on Tuesday.
Lekhpal Kataru Chand Nirala had demanded bribe from farmer Ram Kripal Gupta of Natwa Jangal village in Sadar area for measuring his land. A trap was laid after the farmer lodged a complaint.
A team led by Inspector Jagdish Prasad Pandey arrested the Revenue official on Tuesday while he was taking the bribe. A case was registered in this connection.