Continuing with its drive against corrupt officials, sleuths of lokayukta police on Tuesday arrested a cop while talking a bribe of Rs5,000.
The arrest was made following complaint of a shopkeeper Ashish Gupta.
According to lokayukta DSP BS Parihar, the complainant Ashish Gupta, a resident of Rani Sati Gate, on Monday had lodged a complaint with the lokayukta police against a head constable Sanjay Godale, accusing the latter of demanding a bribe of Rs5,000 in connection with a cell phone.
Parihar said that Ashish runs a mobile repair shop at Jail Road. Few days back, a youth had come to his shop for the repair of a cell phone. While he was repairing the cell phone, the accused head constable Sanjay Godali, currently posted at cyber police station of Indore police, came to his shop and seized the said mobile phone from him on the plea that an inquiry of this mobile phone was underway.
After seizing the mobile phone, the accused asked Ashish to come to the cyber police station with a cash of Rs10,000. The complainant however, expressed his inability to pay that amount. later, the accused asked him to come to him at the police station with a cash of Rs5,000.
The complainant Ashish Gupta agreed to pay him Rs5,000 and thereafter, lodged a complaint to this effect with the lokayukta police on Monday.
On Tuesday morning, as per the laid down plan, Ashish carrying a cash of Rs5,000 went to cyber police station at the police control room. As soon as he handed over the said amount to the accused cop, the lokayukta police, who were in plain clothes, caught the cop red-handed with a cash of Rs5,000. later the accused cop was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.