Asst traffic inspector in Rajasthan held for taking bribe

An assistant traffic inspector posted at the Rajasthan State Roadway Corporation depot in Jhalawar was arrested after allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a bus conductor.
Birma Ram, who had cleared the Prelims of the Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) exam 2016 while in service and was preparing for the mains, was arrested yesterday by an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuth.
The bribe amount was also recovered from his coat pocket, said Tarun Kant Somani, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), ACB, Bundi, who laid the trap.
The accused ATI, during an inspection in January, had found three passengers of the state roadways bus of Jhalawar depot travelling without tickets following which he demanded a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the bus conductor.

The conductor, Rahul Vyas, lodged the matter with ACB, Bundi on January 24, DSP Somani said, adding during the verification of the complaint, the accused ATI accepted part of bribe amount on the same day.
The DSP said the accused ATI would be produced before the ACB court today.