Inspector, aide held in Rs. 1.75-L graft case in Mumbai

The accused were identified as PI Santosh Ashok Gaykar, 45, and Nayan Suresh Kambli, 41.

The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a police inspector (PI) attached with the property cell of the crime branch and his accomplice for allegedly accepting Rs. 1.75 lakh as bribe from a man to not implicate him in a criminal case. The accused were identified as PI Santosh Ashok Gaykar, 45, and Nayan Suresh Kambli, 41. “The property cell had booked some people for depositing inferior quality gold in a bank,” said an ACB officer.

ACB on Friday arrested a police inspector (PI) attached with the property cell of the crime branch and his accomplice for allegedly accepting Rs. 1.75 lakh as bribe (HT FILE)

“The complainant had referred some of them to the bank. Gaykar sought bribe to not implicate him in the case.”