Overview
- Delhi Police arrested ASI Rakesh Kumar after he accepted Rs 15,000 outside Hauz Qazi police station, then threw the notes into the air as a vigilance team closed in.
- Officers recovered Rs 10,000 at the scene while about Rs 5,000 was picked up by passersby and remains unrecovered, according to officials.
- A written complaint from a Bazar Sita Ram resident alleging a demand to avoid a false case led to the Delhi trap and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- In Punjab, the Vigilance Bureau arrested ASI Rajwinder Singh and constable Baltej Singh for demanding and taking Rs 50,000, following an NRI woman’s complaint via the chief minister’s anti-corruption line.
- The Punjab complaint included a recording after an additional Rs 5,000 was sought and stated the detainee was allowed to withdraw cash from an ATM, with an FIR registered at the VB police station in Jalandhar range.