Goa Lokayukta has summoned Inspector General of Police Sunil Garg on October 21 to record his statement in connection with a bribery charge levelled against him by a businessman.
"Garg has been asked to remain present before Goa Lokayukta on October 21. His statement would be recorded during that time," a senior official in the anti-corruption ombudsman's office told PTI today.
Vasco-based businessman Munnalal Halwai had filed a complaint with Lokayukta against Garg. Halwai had alleged the senior police officer demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 5 lakh to file an FIR in a complaint filed by him against another industrialist.
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Halwai had also filed complaints with Anti-Corruption Bureau and Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar against the IPS officer.
In his complaint to Lokayukta, Halwai had presented an audio recording in which Garg is purportedly heard admitting to have accepted the bribe money.
The Chief Minister had said in the just concluded Assembly session that an inquiry would be conducted into the allegation levelled against Garg.
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