Jaipur, March 22 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a station house officer and a constable in the Udaipur district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh, officials said on Sunday.
According to ACB Director General Govind Gupta, SHO Nirmal Kumar Khatri and constable Bhallaram Patel from the Mandwa police station were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe.
Gupta noted that the ACB intelligence unit carried out the action in Udaipur following a complaint stating that the accused demanded Rs 20 lakh from the complainants to avoid naming them as accused in registered cases.
After verification, the accused allegedly agreed to accept Rs 8 lakh. Subsequently, a trap was set, and they were apprehended while receiving the amount, officials said.
The ACB shared that Rs 1 lakh in genuine currency notes and Rs 7 lakh in dummy notes were recovered during the operation.
A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigation is underway, officials added.