Police Constables Nabbed in Rs 50,000 Bribery Case

Two police constables and a private driver were arrested in Palghar district for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 to release seized trucks. The Anti-Corruption Bureau, after a tip-off, apprehended them at the scene. An FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been filed.

In a significant crackdown on corruption, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested two police constables along with a private driver for allegedly accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe in Palghar district.

Constables Datta Shinde and Shriram Dakhure, assigned to the district collector's flying squad, were caught demanding a bribe of Rs 1 lakh per truck to release trucks carrying stone gravel that they had seized at Shirsad Naka. The third accused, Trunal Dhanu, assisted in the transaction, working as a private driver.

ACB officials, alerted by the gravel trader, intervened at the scene, capturing the act of bribery red-handed. All three individuals face an FIR filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act as the investigation continues.

(With inputs from agencies.)