Chandigarh cop arrested by CBI in bribery case

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Sept 18

The anti-graft central probe agency CBI today said it has arrested Sub Inspector, Sarabjit Kaur, who is posted at Police Station Sector-34, Chandigarh for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from a complainant.

The agency in an official release said, on the receipt of complaint, the CBI registered a case against the Sub-Inspector and laid a trap and caught her red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount. After the arrest searches were conducted at the official and residential premises of the Sub Inspector including at Chandigarh and Patiala, which led to recovery of some incriminating documents, the agency said.

In the complaint it was alleged that the accused was demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant in lieu of removing his name from an FIR, which was being investigated by the arrested accused person, it said.

The complainant has further alleged that when he informed the accused police personnel that he was not connected with the said FIR, the accused allegedly demanded the bribe of Rs.10,000 for removing his name from the case, the CBI said.