India News | MP: Cop Caught Taking Rs 20,000 Bribe at Police Station in Gwalior

Gwalior, May 18 (PTI) The Lokayukta police caught a policeman red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 at a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district on Wednesday, an official said.

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Havaldar Manish Pachori of Malanpur police station had caught an accused in a case and had demanded Rs 1 lakh from the man's relative, one Vikas Singh, for allegedly protecting him in the matter, Lokayukta superintendent of police Rameshwar Singh said.

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Vikas tipped-off the Lokayukta police and informed that he had already given Rs 5,000 as advance to the accused official, he said.

The policeman was threatening to make Vikas a co-accused in the case, the SP said.

A trap was laid and the official was caught red-handed while taking Rs 20,000 bribe at a police station, the official said, adding that a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered in this regard.

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