Hyderabad police officer arrested while accepting Rs 3 lakh bribe

14-06-2024 Fri 00:00 | Local | IANS

Hyderabad, June 13: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths chased down and apprehended a police inspector in Hyderabad while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh.

According to ACB, Ch. Sudhakar, police inspector, economic offenses wing of Hyderabad Central Police Station, was arrested while accepting the bribe.

He had demanded a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from the complainant to render him favor in the investigation of a case against him.

The ACB officials caught him red-handed while accepting Rs 3 lakh from the complainant.

“After spotting the ACB team, the inspector started running and had to be chased and arrested,” the anti-graft agency said.

The police official had initially demanded Rs 15 lakh and had earlier accepted Rs 5 lakh.