Vigilance officials on Tuesday arrested Sub-Inspector (SI) Sisir Kumar Das of the Police Commissionerate Grievance Cell here for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs2,000 from one Kanakalata Singh of Chandrasekharpur Housing Board Colony.
The complainant alleged that she needed to appear at the Grievance Cell of the Twin City Police Commissionerate to put forth her grievance regarding inaction of the local police.
She had registered a complaint against one Tukuna Satpathy at Chandrasekharpur police station.
When she met the SI at the Police Commissionerate Headquarters and urged him to facilitate the process for her appearance at the Grievance Cell, the latter demanded bribe of Rs5,000. later, the accused reduced it to Rs2,000.
With no alternative, the complainant reported the matter to the Vigilance. later, a trap was laid and the SI was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers outside the Police Commissionerate campus. Investigation is on into the case.
Earlier, Das while posted as an OIC at the Kuliana Police Station in Mayurbhanj district was trapped in a
Baleswar Vigilance case in 2004 for demanding and accepting graft of Rs2,500. The case is under trial.