Hyderabad: CI, ASI nabbed by ACB for taking bribe from farmer

HYDERABAD:

Anti Corruption Bureau

(

ACB

) sleuths arrested an inspector and an assistant sub-inspector of

Shabad police station

in Cyberabad commissionerate for taking Rs 1.2 lakh bribe from a farmer on Thursday.

Based on the complaint of V Vijay Mohan Reddy, a farmer from Solipet in Shabad mandal, ACB sleuths laid a trap and caught ASI K Rajender red handed when he accepted the bribe from the complainant at the Shabad police station as per the instructions of inspector B Shankaraiah. According to the ACB, the accused demanded bribe from the complainant to settle the three cases registered against Vijay Reddy’s family members in relation to a

land dispute

and also to implement court order about

property dispute

.

In 2018, Vijay’s uncle agreed to sell his 4.5 acre land in Shabad mandal to people who approached through him. Shortly after the agreement, his uncle died. “The widow of Vijay’s uncle sold the land to someone else in 2019 and from then on, a dispute continued between both the groups,”said an ACB official. Subsequently, the other group lodged three police complaints against Vijay’s family members alleging that they trespassed into the property and cases were registered by Shabad police. Recently, Vijay’s family went to court and got an order to maintain status quo at the land till the dispute is settled.

Áll the three cases were charged and two of them are pending trial. Recently, the accused contacted Vijay offering to amicably settle the cases and implement the court order for bribe. After bargaining, the accused agreed to accept Rs 1.2 lakh as bribe to settle the cases in Lok Adalat and Vijay approached us, said an ACB official. ACB sleuths raided Shankaraiah’s home in

Vanasthalipuram

and seized Rs 16.4 lakh cash along with some documents.