A senior clerk posted in the state police headquarters was today allegedly caught red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 1,000 from constables for clearing their Travel Allowance bills.
Acting on a complaint, sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Basant Kumar while accepting bribes from the constables.
According to an ACB press release, Kumar used to take bribe of ten per cent of the actual bills submitted for reimbursement from PHQ staffers.
Basant was booked under the section of Anti-Corruption Act, the release said.
