A local court has convicted an Assistant Sub Inspector of police posted at Sonipat to two years of imprisonment in a bribery case.
ASI Daya Nand posted at Kharkhoda police station in Sonipat district of Haryana was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on him, an official spokesman said today.
He said the ASI was apprehended while accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from Mukesh, a resident of Sisana, in return for dropping a case registered against him by one Rajbir.
A case was registered against the ASI under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Rohtak police station, the spokesman added.
