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Assam: CBI arrests RPF official on bribery charges

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ANI Guwahati (Assam) [India]

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a Sub-Inspector, Railway Protection Force, Assam's Simuluguri for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 6,500/- from a complainant.

A case was registered under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, on the allegations that the sub-inspector demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,000 for releasing complainant's vehicle, which had hit barricade of railway crossing at Bihubari Road, Simuluguri, said an official statement.

The sub-inspector was later produced in a special CBI court in Guwahati.

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First Published: Jan 24 2018 | 6:29 AM IST

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