DySP, constable booked for demanding Rs 1.5 lakh bribe from atrocity case accused
According to a statement from the ACB on Wednesday, DySP Nikita Shiroya of the SC,ST Cell in Tapi, and her writer, head constable Narendra Raman Gamit, have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act for seeking a bribe of Rs1.5 lakh.
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The ACB team set a trap on Wednesday. As per the plan, Gamit reached a road outside Kakrapar police station in Vyara city of Tapi allegedly to receive the bribe amount. The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) and a head constable in Tapi for allegedly seeking a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh in exchange of not arresting the family members of a man accused under Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
According to a statement from the ACB on Wednesday, DySP Nikita Shiroya of the SC,ST Cell in Tapi, and her writer, head constable Narendra Raman Gamit, have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act for seeking a bribe of Rs1.5 lakh.
According to the ACB, “A case under the Atrocity Act and Dowry Prohibition Act had been registered against a total of 8 people, including the complainant in the bribe case, his family and two of his friends, at Kakrapar police station. The investigation was being conducted by DySP Shiroya, while Gamit was her writer.
The ACB alleged that both the accused DySP and constable first demanded a bribe of Rs 4 lakh in exchange for not arresting the friends and family of the complainant and not harassing them. “But, at the end of the negotiation, they allegedly settled for Rs1.5 lakh,” stated the ACB.
The accused, however, contacted the ACB and filed a complaint. The ACB team set a trap on Wednesday. As per the plan, Gamit reached a road outside Kakrapar police station in Vyara city of Tapi allegedly to receive the bribe amount.
However, he suspected something was off, and fled in his car without accepting the bribe money. Further investigation is underway.
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