4 Andhra Pradesh police officials held in Raj for taking

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Press Trust of India Jodhpur
Last Updated : Nov 07 2017 | 1:02 AM IST
The Rajasthan Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested four officials of Andhra Pradesh Police from a restaurant here for allegedly accepting bribes.
The team from Andhra Pradesh police had come to the city to investigate a robbery in Vishakhapatnam, but ended up striking a deal with an accused, ACB officials said.
Around 1.5 kg of gold and Rs 1,20,000 in cash were seized from the hotel where the Andhra Pradesh police officials were lodged, the officials said.
The arrested officials include Inspector RVRK Choudhary of Crime Branch (Vishakhapatnam), SubInspector S K Sharif, SubInspector Gopal Rao and Constable H Hariprasad, they said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB) Jagdish Soni said the Andhra Pradesh police team apprehended jewellers Shravan Soni and Ram Niwas from Jodhpur on Friday in a case of robbery of around 3 kg gold in Vishakhapatnam.
"But, they asked for a bribe of Rs 1.40 lakh from Ram Niwas to acquit him of the charges," Soni said, adding Niwas then lodged a complaint with the ACB.
According to Soni, the policemen had previously taken Rs 60,000 from Niwas and were to receive another Rs 80,000 at a restaurant in the Boranad area here.
Following the verification of the complaint, a trap was laid and all the four police personnel were arrested red- handed this morning, the DSP said.

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First Published: Nov 07 2017 | 1:02 AM IST

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