Two cops arrested for taking bribe

Jaipur: A sub-inspector and a constable were arrested today by the Alwar district Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Pahari area of Bharatpur district.

The accused sub-inspector Basant Singh and constable Kartar Singh had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from the complainant Mohammad Rashid to file a final report (FR) in a police case lodged against his uncle, Alwar ACB deputy superintendent of police, Saleh Mohammad said.

He said Singh had already taken Rs 18,000 from the complainant yesterday. Today, Singh accepted Rs 1 lakh and gave the money to the accused constable at Pahari police station from where they were arrested.

Bribe money of Rs 1 lakh was recovered and a case was registered against them, he added.

PTI