Cop held for taking bribe in Madhya Pradesh

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Press Trust of India Sagar (MP)
Last Updated : Aug 03 2015 | 7:22 PM IST
A 56-year-old police sub inspector (PSI) was today arrested by the Lokayukta police here for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a person.
The accused K K Sharma was caught while receiving a bribe from one Mulayam Lodhi at Vinayaka police station, some 30 km from the district headquarters, Lokayukta police sub inspector, K K Agrawal told PTI.
He said that Sharma had demanded Rs 10,000 from Lodhi to strike out some names from an First Information Report (FIR) in connection with a fight after the latter approached him.
Lodhi lodged a complaint with Lokayukta and a trap was laid. As soon as Lodhi was handing over the first instalment of Rs 5,000 to Sharma, the SI was arrested, Agrawal said.
Later, the police official was released on bail.
A case under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered and investigations are underway, the officer said.
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First Published: Aug 03 2015 | 7:22 PM IST

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