Cop, clerk held by ACB in separate bribery cases in Chhattisgarh

In the second incident, Vijay Pandey, clerk in the office of the additional district magistrate and adjudicating officer in Bilaspur, was held for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000, the official said.

An assistant sub inspector of police and a government clerk were held on Sunday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Chhattisgarh in separate incidents of alleged bribery, an official said. ASI SN Mishra of Chandrapur police station in Sakti district was caught red-handed accepting Rs 20,000 at an eatery from a person in lieu of not taking action against the latter in an assault case, the official said. He had already accepted Rs 20,000 from the complainant Saraswati Jaiswal earlier, the official added. In the second incident, Vijay Pandey, clerk in the office of the additional district magistrate and adjudicating officer in Bilaspur, was held for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000, the official said. ''Complainant Devendra Kashyap had a case against him under Food Safety Act after sweets were found stored in unhygienic conditions in his hotel. The case was pending before the additional district magistrate. Pandey sought the bribe promising to reduce the fine on Kashyap,'' he said. Mishra and Pandey have been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act, the official informed.