Vigilance sleuths today arrested
an Excise Sub-Inspector on graft charge from Bihar's Khagaria district, a department release said.
A Vigilance Investigation Bureau caught one Haider Ali, an Excise Sub-Inspector posted in Khagaria district red handed while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 31,000 for helping the complainant in a case, the release said.
One Raja Kumar, a resident of Thana road of Khagaria district, had lodged a complaint with the Vigilance department that the Excise Sub-Inspector Ali was demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 for helping him (complainant) in a case, the release said.
The allegations were found to be correct during the verification carried out by the Bureau.
A flying squad team was constituted under Deputy Superintendent of Police Munna Prasad who raided and caught Ali, the Excise Sub-Inspector, red-handed while he was allegedly accepting the amount of Rs 31,000 at his rented accommodation at Jai Prakash Nagar in Khagaria town.
The accused would be produced before a Special Vigilance Court (II) at Patna after interrogation, the release said.
Altogether 91 persons have been arrested in 88 trap cases laid by the Bureau so far in 2016.
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