A police inspector and a constable posted with the CID Crime Gandhinagar Zone have been arrested on charges of accepting a ₹30 lakh bribe from a person under investigation in a case, the state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said in a statement on Monday.
Police said the two were identified as Inspector P K Patel posted with the CID Crime CI Cell, Gandhinagar, and an armed police constable Vipul Desai, attached to the same unit (X/ACBGujarat)
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The case was registered by a man who said the officers threatened to implicate him in a criminal case if he didn’t pay the bribe.
The two police officers were identified by the ACB as Inspector P K Patel posted with the CID Crime CI Cell, Gandhinagar, and an armed police constable Vipul Desai, attached to the same unit.
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The trap was laid on a public road near a builder group’s office close to a mall in Sargasan, Gandhinagar.
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The trap was laid on a public road near a builder group’s office close to a mall in Sargasan, Gandhinagar.
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During the operation, Desai allegedly accepted the money after directly speaking with the complainant. The cash was allegedly recovered on the spot.
ACB officials said Patel had consented to the deal and actively facilitated the acceptance of the bribe, pointing to their joint involvement. The demand, acceptance and recovery of the bribe were allegedly established during the trap proceedings, said officials.
The accused have been taken into custody and booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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