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Dhanbad: ACB arrests asst sub-inspector with bribe

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK   Advertisement Dhanbad, Dec 13: A team of the Dhanbad Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) under  Sub Inspector Jitendra Kumar…

Dhanbad: ACB arrests asst sub-inspector with bribe

Arrested ASI being taken away

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Dhanbad, Dec 13: A team of the Dhanbad Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) under  Sub Inspector Jitendra Kumar Singh today arrested an ASI Manoj Kumar Mishra of Loyabad police station, around 10 km away from here, while taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 for dropping a name from the case.

An ACB official said that  ASI  Manoj Kumar Mishra had demanded Rs 30,000  from Md Sakil, a resident of the Loyabad no.5 area, to remove his name from the land dispute case.

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Md  Sakil complained to officials of Dhanbad ACB  regarding the bribe demand of the IO  Manoj Kumar Mishra. The ACB first confirmed the case and later sent Md Sakil to pay the bribe to the ASI.

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As per the plan, Md Sakil called ASI  Manoj Kumar Mishra at Kerkend to take Rs 10,000  as the first instalment of Rs 30,000 of the bribe.  At around 1 pm as the ASI took the money from Md Sakil, the ACB officials team caught him raid-handed.

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Md Sakil had earlier complained to the senior superintendent of police about the Loyabad police station but no action was taken.

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