Vigilance department
arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police today on graft charge from Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
Acting on a complaint, a Vigilance Investion Bureau (VIB) team led by deputy superintendent of police Munna Prasad laid a trap and nabbed the ASI R K Chaudhary from Pokhraira village district as soon as he took Rs 4,000 as bribe from a person, an official release here said.
Chaudhary, posted at Jaitpur police outpost, had demanded the bribe from the person, a native of Pokhraira village, to help him in a case lodged at Saraiya police station, it said.
The ASI has been brought to the regional vigilance office at Muzaffarpur for interrogation, the release said.
The vigilance department laid 37 traps and arrested 41 government servants on graft charge so far this year, the release added.
