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Patna: The vigilance Department in Patna on Tuesday arrested a Sub-Inspector in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur red-handed while accepting a Rs 75,000 bribe, officials said.
The alleged Sub-Inspector Roshan Kumar, a 2019-batch officer, was posted at Saraiya police station in the district.
According to an official, Roshan Kumar had demanded a Rs 1 lakh bribe from a victim of land misregistration to prepare a favourable supervision report.
“Acting on secret information, the Vigilance Department set a trap, and as soon as the victim handed over Rs 75,000, officers present at the scene nabbed the Sub-Inspector on the spot,” said Satyendra Ram, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance Department, Patna.
DSP Ram, who led the Vigilance team, said, “A team was formed under my leadership, and we successfully caught the accused officer. He will be investigated and sent to judicial custody on Wednesday.”
Roshan Kumar, a resident of Avatar Nagar, Chhapra, had allegedly called the plaintiff near a high school in the Karja police station area during his examination duty to collect the bribe.
The Vigilance Department has been actively cracking down on corruption.
