An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Traffic Police has been arrested for accepting a bribe from a tempo driver to let him off after he was caught for drunken driving offence on Monday.
Yatender Kumar was caught red handed while accepting Rs 2,000 out of Rs 3,000 demanded by him from the tempo driver in Sadar Bazar area, by the Delhi Police’s Vigilance Branch team on Monday, said RK Jha, DCP(Vigilance Branch). The tempo owner and the driver had lodged a complaint with Vigilance Branch on August 19. The driver had alleged that the traffic cop had asked him Rs 5,000 for not booking him under drunken driving offence.
The driver further alleged that he had bargained and paid Rs 1,000 to the accused and had promised to pay the balance Rs 2,000. A Vigilance Branch team accompanied the complainant and arrested Yatender, said the officer.