The Special Police Establishment (SPE) of lokayukta nabbed a policeman accepting bribe of Rs 6000 near the parking space of district court on Thursday. Superintendent of Police Siddharth Chowdhary told that the complainant Vinay David had lodged a complaint regarding the bribe demanded by police constable Mool Shankar Dwivedi posted at the MP Nagar police station for the cancellation of warrant.
According to the complainant, a warrant was pending against him with the MP Nagar police and the warrant was cancelled but without informing the complainant that the warrant has been cancelled the constable was demanding Rs 6000 for the cancellation.
After receiving the complaint a team was formed and on Thursday afternoon a trap was laid by the team. The complainant was sent with the Rs 6000 in cash and when the accused was accepting the bribe amount he was caught red handed by the team.
After the preliminary investigation a case under section 7 and 13 (1) (D) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and have started further investigation. MP Nagar SHO Brajesh Bhargav told that if a warrant has been issued against a person after cancellation he has to provide the information regarding the cancellation in the respective police station.
In this case till date the MP Nagar police have not been updated by the complainant that the warrant has been cancelled. It is possible that the warrant has been cancelled and the complainant is aware of the cancellation but the warrant has been pending with the police.