
PUNE, June 4: A policeman from the passport branch was today arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB sleuths on charges of accepting bribe from a resident of Ghorpadi Peth for issuing the character certificate.
Head constable Rofel Anthon D8217;Mello was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 100 from Rashid Khalid Shaikh at the special branch, Pune police commissionerate on Thursday afternoon, ACB officials said.
Shaikh had applied for a passport in Mumbai. The office sent the application to the passport branch of Pune police for verification of Shaikh8217;s character.
D8217;Mello visited Shaikh8217;s house on June 2. Since Shaikh was not available the he left a note asking Shaikh to contact him at the passport branch office between 9.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Thursday. D8217;Mello asked for Rs 100 when Shaikh met him. Shaikh immediately approached Superintendent of Police ACB S M Mushrif and lodged a complaint.
A team of ACB sleuths comprising inspectors S T Kadam and V U Bagal, head constables N S Gore and constable S K Kokate had laid a trap at the office of passport branch to catch D8217;Mello. Later in the afternoon, the ACB sleuths filed a case against D8217;Mello at Bund Garden police station.
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