Hyderabad: A sub-inspector of police and two police constables working in Bandlaguda police station were caught red-handed by anti-corruption bureau officers on Friday, November 22, while accepting a bribe of Rs 17,000 from a person in return for closing a case against the latter.
The SI had demanded Rs 30,000 for closing the case of the complainant. The SI used the two constables to do his leg-work of collecting the bribe amount. While Rs 15,000 was recovered from one constable, Rs 2,000 was recovered from the other constable.
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The two constables tested positive to the chemical test on their fingers.
SI R Pavan, police constables Ch Ramakrishna and B Santhosh of Bandlaguda Police Station, have been arrested and produced before the principal special judge for SPE and ACB cases, Court at Nampally, and were sent for judicial remand.
