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Three cops held on corruption charges

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Three policemen have been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government on corruption charges.

The ACB received a complaint from a man alleging that ASI Jagat Singh of the Jafarpur Kalan police station had been demanding money for having helped his son get bail. It is alleged that on being promised Rs.5,000 the policeman assisted the complainant’s son obtain bail.

Acting on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap and arrested the ASI when he was allegedly accepting the money on Wednesday. It is learnt that the ACB had received another complaint against the same policeman by Balbir Singh alleging that he had been demanding money to book his son under provisions attracting lesser punishment.

In another case, the police arrested Head Constable Ajay Maan, who was posted at the Vivek Vihar police station, for allegedly demanding Rs.50,000 from some persons to favour them in a case registered against them.

The case had been registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by a woman alleging that her landlord and some others had threatened her. Ajay Maan, who was investigating the case, allegedly demanded a bribe from the accused and was accepting Rs.15,000 at the factory of the landlord when he was arrested. The complainants had also recorded conversations with the policeman to gather evidence, sources said.

Ashok Bhadana, an S-on probation posted with the Karawal Nagar police station, has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.1,000 from a person to file an “untraced” report in a motorcycle-theft case. The three accused have been sent to judicial custody.

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