Bureau (VIB) today arrested a police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) on graft charge from Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
Acting on a complaint, a VIB team laid a trap and caught ASI Bhagwan Mumru red-headed accepting Rs 5000 from Dashrath Sah in a hotel near Muzaffarpur railway station, ADG Vigilance, Ravindra Kumar said.
Sah had complained to the VIB that the ASI, posted at Ahiyapur police station, demanded a bribe of Rs 5000 for submitting papers related to a confiscated vehicle in a court, he said.
An investigation was launched and the allegation was found to be true, following which the trap was laid, Kumar said.