Rajasthan ACB’s Sikar unit arrested four police personnel from Ayodhya Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly accepting a ₹2.8 lakh bribe. The accused, including a sub-inspector and three constables, allegedly demanded money to remove a complainant’s brother’s name from a cyber crime case. Further investigation is underway.
Acting on the instructions of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Headquarters, the anti-corruption agency’s Sikar unit on Tuesday conducted a trap operation and arrested four police personnel from the Cyber Crime Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya district, while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2,80,000 from the complainant.
The arrested personnel are Sub-Inspector Yashwant Singh, Constables Pawan Tripathi, Sohanlal, and Gaurav Charag.
Bribe demand verified
Govind Gupta, Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, said that a complaint was received alleging that the accused police personnel were demanding a bribe in exchange for removing the complainant’s brother’s name from a case, registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Ayodhya.
Following the complaint, verification of the alleged bribe demand was conducted on Monday.
During the verification, Constable Gaurav Charag allegedly demanded Rs 4,00,000 from the complainant.
Following negotiations, the bribe amount was settled at Rs 2,80,000. After the demand was verified, a trap operation was conducted on Tuesday under the supervision of ACB Jaipur Deputy Inspector General Rameshwar Singh and led by ACB Sikar Additional Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar and Police Inspector Subhash Meel, along with their team.
Police personnel arrested
During the operation, in the presence of the other accused personnel, Sub-Inspector Yashwant Singh and Constables Pawan Tripathi, Sohanlal, and Gaurav Charag, Constable Sohanlal allegedly accepted Rs 2,80,000 from the complainant.
The ACB team subsequently arrested all four accused police personnel.
Questioning of the accused and further proceedings are underway under the supervision of ACB Additional Director General Smita Srivastava and Inspector General of Police S. Parimala.
