Police (DGP) Sanjeev Dayal today deposed in a local court regarding his sanction to prosecute a police inspector in a graft case.
The police chief who arrived in the court of Judge M M Walimohammed replied to queries by additional public prosecutor Sanjay Londhe.
Inspector Balasaheb S Muthe had allegedly accepted a bribe Rs 10,000 from a complainant in a matter related to caste verification certificate in 2011.
He was later apprehended by Anti-Corruption Bureau officials in March 2011.
The DGP, being the authority to sanction prosecution of the police officers, replied to the queries by Londhe.