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UP cop nabbed taking bribe

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Press Trust of India Bareilly (UP)

A police sub-inspector was nabbed while taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 at Kakar Tola chowki here on Thursday, officials said.

The Bareilly unit of the anti-corruption organization (ACO) nabbed SI Yogesh Kumar Gautam while he was taking the bribe, an ACO official said.

The SI had demanded the bribe for dropping certain charges in a case that he was investigating and the unit was informed about the same, SP, ACO, Rajiv Malhotra said.

This afternoon, an ACO team caught Gautam red-handed accepting the bribe, the SP said, adding a case in this connection has been lodged at the Izzatnagar police station.

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First Published: Oct 31 2019 | 5:30 PM IST

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