Gurgaon: The state vigilance bureau on Monday arrested a police officer from Gujarat red-handed whereas he was accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh within the metropolis. The accused has been recognized as Jagdish Chaudhary, SHO of Rajpipla police station in Gujarat’s Narmada district.
SHO Chaudhary had made just a few arrests in a pretend diploma racket of Gujarat’s Birsa Munda Tribal College. A resident of Faridabad’s Shastri Nagar, Amarinder Puri, was additionally named as one of many accused within the case.
The SHO performed a raid in Faridabad and apprehended Amarinder on February 24. The uncle of the accused, Sandeep Puri, alleged that the SHO demanded Rs 3 lakh for not implicating Amarinder in one other case.
In his criticism to police, Sandeep mentioned, “I used to be assured that if the bribe was paid in full, my nephew can be on file as a authorities informer as a substitute of the accused.”
Sandeep allegedly paid the SHO Rs 1 lakh on April 12 by visiting Rajpipla. He additionally managed to shoot a video of the incident, which he later submitted to police. On April 24, the SHO got here to Gurgaon for the remainder of the bribe and was caught red-handed by the vigilance bureau whereas doing so.
“The SHO was staying at a guesthouse in Sector 9. He had requested the complainant to go to him there handy over the cash. We performed a raid. An FIR has been filed towards the SHO,” mentioned DSP Sumit Kumar from the state vigilance bureau (Rohtak).