ASI Caught Red-Handed for taking Bribe

ASI Ram Charan Nath of Tihu Police Station under Nalbari District  was caught after accepting  illegal gratification by The Assam Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) led by a DySP, while the police officer had accepted a Bribe amount of Rs. 15,000/- from the complainant , one  Udhab Talukdar.

The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs. 50,000 (FiftyThousand) , for submission of favorable Case Diary to the court for gettingbail by the elder sister and the wife of the complainant, who had been arrestedand were in judicial custody. As an installment of bribe, Rs. 15000/- was askedto be paid on 29.04.2019

Meanwhile, the complainant had approached the ACB PS in theDirectorate of Vigilance & Anti Corruption and a Trap was laid down as perstandard procedure in matter of ACB PS Case No. 05/2019 u/s 7(a) of PC Act (asamended in 2018). Further Investigation is being carried on.

The accused public servant has been arrested and will beforwarded to the Special Court. And due procedures of the whole incident areobserved.