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Pune: Two cops held for accepting bribe from lawyer facing dowry harassment case

ACB also confirmed that assistant sub inspector Palande provoked Ghode to demand for the bribe

The case was being investigated by police havaldar Ghode. She allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the lawyer for not arresting him and filing a charge sheet (Representative image)

The Pune unit of the state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) arrested two police personnel for allegedly accepting a bribe from a lawyer.
The ACB identified the accused as police havaldar Rajashri Ghode and assistant sub inspector Rakesh Palande, both attached to the Ravet police station of the Pimpri Chinchwad police.

A press release issued Friday by Deputy Superintendent of Police Dayanand Gawade of ACB, Pune unit, stated that the complainant in this case is a lawyer against whom a dowry harassment offence was lodged at the Ravet police station under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 498 (a), 323, 504, 506, 34.

The case was being investigated by police havaldar Ghode. She allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the lawyer for not arresting him and filing a charge sheet with loopholes that would help him during the trial in the court.

But the lawyer filed a complaint with the ACB on Thursday. Accordingly, a team of ACB verified the complaint. ACB sleuths confirmed that Ghode demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000, but after negotiations she agreed to accept Rs 30,000 from the lawyer for helping him in the dowry harassment case. ACB also confirmed that assistant sub inspector Palande provoked Ghode to demand for the bribe.

The ACB team then laid a trap and nabbed Ghode red-handed accepting Rs 30,000 from the lawyer on the premises of Ravet police station. ACB further arrested Palande from his house.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Satish Walke was investigating the case.

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