Cop demands bribe for not registering FIR, arrested

Vadodara: A cop from Navapura police station was

arrested

on late Tuesday night by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) for taking bribe of Rs 15,000 for not registering an FIR.

The policeman identified as Murtuza Ali Mansuri had demanded Rs 25,000 from a man against whom the inspector of police station had received an application to register an offence under the Money Lending Act and Gujarat Money Lenders’ Act. The application was received during the drive started by the city police against loan sharks. Mansuri, who is also the writer of the inspector, approached the man who was named in the application to settle the case and not register an FIR.

Mansuri asked the man to shell out Rs 25,000 to close the investigation in the application and not register an FIR. After negotiation, Mansuri agreed for a sum of Rs 15,000. But as the man did not want to pay the bribe, he approached ACB.

Sleuths of ACB laid a trap on the basis of which they asked the man to inform Mansuri that he can pay the bribe amount on Tuesday. Mansuri asked the man to come to the police station on Tuesday night and give him the money.

As Mansuri was paid the money, the man gave a signal to ACB officials who caught him red-handed. On Wednesday, he was produced before a special ACB court for his five-day custody. But the court granted his two-day custody to the anti-graft agency.