MUMBAI: Four policemen, together with an assistant inspector, have been booked for allegedly demanding a bribe from a man to save lots of him from probe and imprisonment, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau official mentioned on Sunday.
The complainant were trapped a few days in the past in an ACB operation in Jalgaon, over 400 kilometres from right here, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe, an official mentioned.
"During the probe into the case, police personnel Vijay Jadhav, Shyamkant Patil and Arun Patil demanded Rs 3 lakh from the complainant on behalf of assistant inspector Bhima Narke," he mentioned.
"In return for the bribe, the policemen promised the complainant that he would not be sent to police custody for 10 days and no probe would be initiated into his property," the official added.
The complainant approached the Jalgaon unit of the ACB following which an offence was registered Sunday at Chalisgaon police station in opposition to the 4 policemen.
The complainant were trapped a few days in the past in an ACB operation in Jalgaon, over 400 kilometres from right here, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe, an official mentioned.
"During the probe into the case, police personnel Vijay Jadhav, Shyamkant Patil and Arun Patil demanded Rs 3 lakh from the complainant on behalf of assistant inspector Bhima Narke," he mentioned.
"In return for the bribe, the policemen promised the complainant that he would not be sent to police custody for 10 days and no probe would be initiated into his property," the official added.
The complainant approached the Jalgaon unit of the ACB following which an offence was registered Sunday at Chalisgaon police station in opposition to the 4 policemen.
Jalgaon: 4 cops booked for demanding bribe
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