Vigilance sleuths arrested a Sub-Inspector (SI) red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from the wife of an inmate in the district Bhondsi jail premises on Friday evening. The Vigilance department has registered a case against the accused and took him on one-day police remand and has started an investigation.
Vigilance officials claimed that the SI had demanded the amount from an inmate Surender Sunda, who has been convicted of murder and lodged in the Bondsi jail. He had threatened to shift him to Sonipat jail if he failed to meet his demands.
The SI has been identified as Kripa Ram, posted at the Bhondsi jail under the Bhondsi police station jurisdiction.
Soon after the complaint, the Vigilance sleuths laid a trap and were present at the spot and when the victim handed over the money to the SI they caught the accused from the jail premises after which he was brought to the police station.
A case under Section 7, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused by the Vigilance.
“We received a written complaint from the victim’s family. In the complaint, they alleged that the SI was demanding the amount to avoid shifting another jail. The accused has been arrested further probe is underway and trying to ascertain if someone else from the jail officials involved in the case,” SP vigilance, Hameed Akhtar, said.