Gurugram SI, aide held over ₹25,000 bribe at Sec 53 police station

ACB said the bribe was allegedly demanded to close a sexual harassment complaint. The duo were caught in a trap inside the police station and later sent to judicial custody.

Published on: Mar 15, 2026, 05:20:48 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Two individuals, including a Gurugram police sub-inspector, were arrested from the premises of the Sector 53 police station on Friday for allegedly accepting a ₹25,000 bribe, officials said. The arrests were made by the Haryana state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on a complaint that the bribe was demanded to close a sexual harassment case, they added.

ACB arrested the officer and a contractual helper during a trap at Sector 53 police station. Officials said the SI has been suspended and faces departmental action. (File photo)

The accused were identified as sub-inspector Damod Rani, 42, from Fatehabad, and Deepak Ram, 40, a contractual helper at the station from Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, ACB officials said. Ram’s duties included serving water to visitors and staff, they added.

Officials said the SI has been places under suspension and departmental proceedings will initiated against her soon.

According to ACB Inspector Raj Karan, who led the raid between 3.20pm and 4pm on Friday, “It was Ram who had accepted the bribe money of ₹25,000 from the complainant inside the station and handed it over to Rani when we arrested both of them.” The duo were produced in court on Saturday and sent to judicial custody.

The case originated from a family dispute where a woman alleged her minor daughter was sexually harassed by a minor cousin. Although the incident was reported to police on Wednesday, both sides resolved the matter amicably that night, and no FIR was registered. However, investigators stated that SI Rani later contacted the father of the accused boy, demanding ₹40,000 to close the matter completely, threatening to file an FIR otherwise.

After negotiations, the bribe was fixed at ₹25,000. The complainant then approached the ACB, leading to a trap. An FIR was registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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