Assistant Sub-Inspector held on graft charge

The vigilance department today arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI) on graft charges in Bihar's Patna district, an official release said.
Acting on a complaint, a Vigilance Investigation Bureau team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Munna Prasad laid a trap and arrested ASI Sanjeev Kumar Thakur on graft charge as soon as he took a Rs 5,000 bribe outside Qadirganj police station from the complainant Vinod Kumar, the release said.
Thakur, posted at Qadirganj police station, had demanded a Rs 5,000 bribe from Kumar, a native of Janakpur village, to present the case diary in connection with an FIR lodged at Qadirganj police station, before a local court, it said.

The tainted ASI was brought to the vigilance headquarter for questioning, the release said adding, he would be later sent to jail after production before a designated vigilance court.