Basudev Mahto, a clerk of police department, posted at Barhi police station was trapped by the vigilance team. On Tuesday morning the vigilance team led by DSP Pran Ranjan Kumar caught Mahto red handed with Rs1,000 which he had taken from the informer Miraj Ansari.
The vigilance team took him in custody and returned back from Barhi in the noon. As per information given by our sources, Barhi PS clerk Basudeo Mahto had demanded Rs. 1500 to give the police verification report of Miraj Ansari. Miraj had applied for passport and from passport office his police verification report was sought.
Miraj went to Barhi Police Station several times and requested clerk Basudeo Mahto to send the verification report to the passport office as early as possible. First Mahto ignored him and after some days demanded Rs1500. Annoyed Ansari then contacted to the vigilance department.
When vigilance officials enquired Ansari’s complain they found it correct. Then they advised Ansari to go back to Barhi PS and get the amount fixed. As per direction Ansari again met with Mahto and finally clerk Mahto agreed to do his work after taking Rs1000.
As per the deal on Tuesday morning Ansari gave the money to the clerk and gave the signal to the members of vigilance team that the clerk has received the amount. The team of vigilance officials and jawans immediately caught him and seized the chemical coated notes from his pocket.
Basudeo Mahto is a constable in Jharkhand Police having no. 945. He is a resident of Simariya village of Koderma district. In vigilance team along with DSP Pran Ranjan Kumar, Inspector Shambhu Saran Prasad, Inspector Vijay Kant Singh, Magistrate Ashraf Ali and jawans took part in this trap.