Latest News | ACB Nabs Cop Taking Bribe of Rs 8,000 in Maharashtra's Gondia District

Gondia, May 26 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday apprehended a cop while taking a bribe of Rs 8,000 inside the police station where he is posted in Maharashtra's Gondia district, an official said.

Assistant sub-inspector Anil Faguji Pardhi (54) from Gondia City police station had demanded Rs 10,000 from a tractor driver to not register a case against him. He brought down the amount to Rs 8,000 after negotiation, the official said.

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Acting on a complaint by the tractor driver, the ACB laid a trap and caught Pardhi accepting the bribe money inside the police station

A case has been registered against Pardhi under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the official said.

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