Police sub-inspector caught taking bribe in UP's Shahjahanpur

A police sub-inspector in Shahjahanpur, UP, was caught taking a bribe from an accused of illegal liquor trade. The accused, Satyapal Singh, alleged that Sub-Inspector Narendra Kumar Sharma threatened him for a bribe of Rs 10,000. The Anti-Corruption Organisation arrested Sharma while accepting the bribe. A case has been lodged against Sharma at Sadar Bazar police station.

A police sub-inspector was caught taking bribe after threatening an accused of illegal liquor trade here, officials on Saturday said.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjay Kumar told PTI that a case was recently registered against a person named Satyapal Singh, a resident of Banda police station area, on charges of illegal liquor business.

Singh had alleged that Sub-Inspector Narendra Kumar Sharma had threatened him that if he did not give him a bribe of Rs 10,000 then he would add a serious charge in the case and send him to jail.

The victim had complained in this regard with the Bareilly-based Anti-Corruption Organisation and its team which was here last night arrested the sub-inspector while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 inside the Banda police station, the ASP said.

The Anti-Corruption Organisation team has lodged a case against the accused sub-inspector at the Sadar Bazar police station, he added.

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