India News | CBI Arrests Chandigarh ASI in Bribery Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), posted at Manimajra Police Station in Chandigarh for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), posted at Manimajra Police Station in Chandigarh for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.
A case was registered on complaint against the said accused on the allegations of demanding a bribe of Rs one lakh from the complainant for helping her son in getting bail in a case and not adding section 376 of IPC.
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The officials of CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 in first instalment, CBI said in a statement.
Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in Chandigarh & Village Manak Majra, Tehsil Nilokheri, District Karnal (Haryana) which led to the recovery of incriminating documents.
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The accused will be produced before a designated court in Chandigarh.
The investigation into this matter is underway.
Further information is awaited. (ANI)
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