The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Delhi Police Sub-Inspector on charges of accepting Rs 20,000 bribe to provide the complainant relief in a criminal case being investigated by him, an official said on Wednesday.
Sub-Inspector Deepak Vashist, posted at the Vasant Kunj police station in south Delhi, was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act after a CBI team caught him red-handed on Tuesday while accepting the bribe through a constable at the police station, the CBI official said.
The CBI team conducted searches at the office and residence of Vashist, who was sent to judicial custody till July 24 on Wednesday by a local court.
--IANS
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