Vigilance sleuths today arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police on graft charges from the state capital, a Vigilance department release said.
The sleuths caught Amarjeet Kumar, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with Jakkanpur police station of the state capital, red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for writing favourably in a case diary for the complainant.
One Ravi Shanker Singh, a resident of Bihta Kothi in Mithapur area under Jakkanpur police station of Patna town, had lodged a complaint with the Vigilance department that ASI Kumar was demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 from him for helping him in a case diary.
The allegations were found to be correct during the verification carried out by the Bureau, the release said.
A flying squad team was constituted under Deputy Superintendent of Police Maharaj Kanishk Kumar who raided and caught the ASI while accepting the bribe from opposite of Jakkanpur police station.
The accused would be produced before Special Vigilance Court (I) at Patna after interrogation, the release said.
Altogether 75 persons have been arrested in 67 trap cases laid by the Bureau so far in 2016, the release added.
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