Caught Red-Handed: Police Sub-Inspector Nabbed Taking Bribe of Rs 1 Lakh At Surat Railway Station

Surat: A police sub-inspector posted at Athwalines police station was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh at Surat railway station, an official said on Saturday.  

The accused cop has been identified as Lalit Purohit. 

According to officials, a textile trader had approached Athwalines police against a Rajasthan trader six months ago regarding a cheating case. Following the complaint, Purohit was assigned the case. 

SI Demanded Bribe From Rajasthan Trader For Not Filing FIR 

The accused cop reached out to the Rajasthan trader and demanded Rs 3 lakh if the trader wanted to avoid filing an FIR. However, the Rajasthani trader was unwilling to pay that amount and the final deal was settled at Rs 1 lakh.

ACB Laid Trap

Rajasthani trader also reached out to Banaskantha Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). 

Accordingly, the Banaskantha ACB laid a trap and caught Purohit accepting a bribe near the railway station. He was transferred to the custody of the Surat unit of the ACB and presented in a Surat court, where he was remanded in police custody.

Two EPFO officials Nabbed In Surat

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two officials of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) who were caught accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a developer in the regional office of EPFO in Vapi, an official said on Thursday. 

According to officials, the accused officials had demanded Rs 8 lakh to settle a case and Rs 5 lakh of that amount was to be paid in advance.

The accused officials have been identified as Harshad Lakhuji working as Assistant PF commissioner and one enforcement officer. 

“The accused had called the complainant to Parmar's office to pay the money. Parmar is a Class I officer, while Tomar is a Class II officer. The EPFO regional office is located at Snehdeep Complex in Vapi.The complainant developer has 25 employees but he had not taken any step towards the mandatory contribution of provident fund by his employees,” officials said.