In fresh lokayukta swoop against corrupt officials, the sleuths of Indore lokayukta police in simultaneous raids on Friday caught red-handed two cops. According to lokayukta SP Arun Mishra, of the accused identified as Brajpal Singh Kushwaha, an ASI with Central Kotwali police, had reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a complainant Kailash, son of Kashiram Pimple, a resident of Ranipura in the name of permission for renovation of his locks shop.
Kailash had lodged a complaint to this effect with the lokayukta police. As per the plan, the complainant was supposed to give the bribe money to Central Kotwali ASI on Friday. As soon as he gave the bribe money to the ASI, the lokayukta cops led by DSP B S Parihar and inspector Yuvraj Singh Chouhan, caught him red-handed with the bribe money.
In a similar case, the lokayukta police on Friday arrested a reader of SDOP Sardarpur in Dhar district while taking a bribe of Rs 2,000 from complainant. Briefing about the incident, the lokayukta SP Mishra said the accused Basant Singh, a reader of Sardarpur SDOP had reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2,000 from a complainant Prakash Shambhulal Patidar to move his gun license form to SDM Dhar office after its verification.
As asked by the lokayukta SP, the complainant on Friday went to the office of accused to give the bribe money. As soon as the accused Basant Singh came out of his office and was handed over the bribe money by the complainant, the team of lokayukta police comprising inspector Mahesh Sunaiya and Vijay Choudhary overpowered the accused and seized bribe money from his possession.
Meanwhile, the lokayukta police have registered cases against both the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act.