NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended a Delhi Police head constable and a constable from Sagarpur police station for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from a complainant. The SHO has been placed under suspension and sent to district lines.
A case was registered by the CBI on March 26, based on a complaint that alleged the police officials demanded Rs 5 lakh to not implicate the complainant in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case. After negotiation, the accused cops allegedly agreed to Rs 3 lakh.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while they were accepting the bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from the complainant, they said. The cops were identified as head constable Sanwarmal and constable Shubham Gill.
The station house officer of Sagarpur police station, Dinesh Kumar, head constable Sanwarmal and constable Subham Gill, have been placed under suspension. They have been transferred to the district lines.
A police source said that the arrested policemen were part of the crack team from the local police station. Recently, the sister of a drug peddler was released from jail after being charged under the NDPS Act. The accused policemen allegedly demanded money from her to allow her to operate freely and not pursue the case.
Last year, there were unprecedented raids on Delhi Police personnel by CBI, sending the police brass in a tizzy. The headquarters briefly started posting out SHOs of the police station raided by the CBI. This year has turned out to be no different.
In March, two traffic personnel in Vasant Vihar circle were arrested for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices. In Feb, a sub-inspector was arrested at Rohini cyber police station for allegedly demanding Rs 2.5 lakh through hawala channels. An assistant sub-inspector posted at Sunlight Colony police station was arrested for demanding a bribe for not taking action on a complaint.
Another cop in Jamia Nagar was arrested for demanding a bribe to not make arrests.