Sub-Inspector, two cops booked for accepting bribe

He, however, refused to appease Gurmeet, following which the cops seized several medicines and injections from his shop and warned to implicate him in a false case of drug trafficking. The seized medicines were taken to the Kurali police post and Jagmohan was asked to cough up Rs 5,000 to settle the matter.

Subsequently, the complainant approached the Vigilance department and had a trap laid at the Kurali police post on Monday evening. As part of the strategy, Jagmohan persuaded Gurmeet to finalise a deal at Rs 3,000. Agreeing to Jagmohan8217;s request, Gurmeet asked him to hand over the money to head constable Bhupinder Singh.

According to DSP Vigilance Malvinder Singh Sidhu, the head constable further asked the home guard to pocket the graft money. When a team of Vigilance Bureau raided the police post, SI Gurmeet Singh was not present at the scene. However, Bhupinder and the home guard were arrested with the graft money.

The Vigilance department officials clarified that Jagmohan was being harassed unnecessarily as he had licenses to sell the seized medicines and injections.