Nashik: Malegaon PSI, accomplice caught taking Rs 60,000 bribe

NASHIK: The Nashik range anti-corruption bureau on Tuesday arrested a police sub-inspector (PSI) and a private person for accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 near the Malegaon taluka police station.
The arrested PSI is Sandeep Thakre, of Malegaon police station, and the private person has been identified as Abdul Rehman Abdul Kadir, also of Malegaon city.
A release by the ACB said a person had approached the ACB with a complaint that Thakre and Kadir had sought Rs 80,000 to help in a case registered with the Malegaon taluka police station. The complainant said that he had paid Rs 20,000 initially, but the duo were demanding Rs 60,000 more.
The ACB officials set a trap in front of the taluka police station on Tuesday, where Kadir accepted the bribe from the complainant on behalf of the PSI.