Delhi Police Sub-Inspector in CBI Net in Alleged Bribery Case

CBI said searches were carried out at the residence and office of the accused SI and incriminating evidence were recovered from there. The accused SI demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 for settling a case of harassment lodged against the complainant based on a woman's complaint.

New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended a Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police, posted at Police Station Kalkaji, in a case related to alleged demanding and accepting a bribe from the complainant, the probe agency said on Wednesday.

A case was registered by CBI on Tuesday against Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police, identified as Sunil Verma, on the basis of a complaint. It was alleged in the complaint that accused SI demanded bribe of Rs 20,000 for settling a complaint of harassment lodged against the complainant by a woman. Later, accused agreed to reduce the demanded bribe amount to Rs 15,000, CBI official claimed.

Acting on this complaint, the CBI sleuths laid a trap and the accused was caught red handed while allegedly demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant, CBI official said.

Searches were carried out at the residence and office of the accused and incriminating evidence has been recovered from there, it added.

Further investigation in the case is underway.

Notably on Tuesday in another case, CBI registered a case against two accused including Superintendent and Inspector of Principal Commissionerate of Central Tax. GST Hyderabad Commissionerate, GST Bhavan, Basheerbagh in Hyderabad. It was alleged in the complaint that both accused harassed and extracted Rs 5 lakh from complainant.

It was also alleged that accused threatened to impose Goods & Services Tax on complainant for certain alleged irregularity. Further, complainant alleged that accused GST officers seized the iron Scrap Shop of complainant’s private company and demanded and accepted Rs 5 lakh as illegal gratification on July 4 last year. It was also alleged that accused further demanded Rs. 3 lakh to open the seized premises, the CBI claimed in its statement.

CBI conducted searches at two places in Hyderabad which led to recovery of incriminating documents.