Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau nabs 2 for accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh

Haryana, April 11: Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau officials on Tuesday arrested an inspector and an employee of Thermal Power Plant, Hisar for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1, 00,000.

Divulging more details, spokesperson of Bureau said that the Police Inspector had been identified as Umed Singh posted as Incharge Economic Cell, District Police Hansi while the co-accused middleman has been identified as Shiv Kumar.

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Both were arrested after Shiv Kumar accepted a bribe of Rs 1, 00,000 from the complainant, a resident of village Dharamkheri, district Hisar. Inspector Umed Singh and Shiv Kumar were nabbed on the complaint of Sunil Kumar.

According to the complaint, the accused police officer is demanding a bribe of Rs 7,00,000 through Shiv Kumar in lieu of exonerating the complainant in a case registered against him at City Police Station, Hansi. Co-accused Shiv Kumar had already accepted a bribe of Rs 5, 50,000 last month.

The complainant approached the ACB and lodged a complaint following which verification was carried out. After verifying the facts, a team was constituted that laid a trap and caught Shiv Kumar red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 1,00,000 on behalf of the Inspector.

Meanwhile, the tainted money has been recovered from Shiv Kumar in the presence of an independent witness. A case has been registered against the duo under the Prevention of Corruption Act. 

Further probe is underway. 

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- ANI

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