India News | DSP Held for Offering Bribe to Senior Officer's Staff in Punjab's Faridkot
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A deputy superintendent of police was arrested in Punjab's Faridkot for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to a senior officer's staff to suppress a complaint against him, officials on Friday said.
Chandigarh, Jul 4 (PTI) A deputy superintendent of police was arrested in Punjab's Faridkot for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to a senior officer's staff to suppress a complaint against him, officials on Friday said.
A case has been registered against Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rajanpal Singh, posted in the Crime Against Women cell in Faridkot, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, they said.
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The DSP, according to a complainant, had taken Rs one lakh for acting in a complaint related to a matrimonial dispute, police said.
After this matter reached the office of the senior superintendent of police (SSP), Faridkot, the DSP approached Assistant Sub-inspector Jaswinder Singh, posted as a reader to the senior officer, and allegedly offered Rs one lakh to suppress the complaint against him by the complainant.
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The DSP has been arrested for offering a bribe to the reader and a case has been registered against him, they said.
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