SURAT: The Surat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have booked police constable Anil Dambhelkar, for allegedly demanding Rs 25,000 in the 2018 bribery case in Tapi district.
According to ACB officials, they have booked the constable, now posted at Vyarat police station, under various Sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and have launched a probe.
As per the case details, in 2018 when Dambhelkar was posted at the Local Crime Branch unit of Tapi district, he had demanded Rs 25,000 from transporters ferrying sand in his jurisdiction.
The complainant did not want to give this bribe and had approached the ACB. After the complaint, the Surat ACB team laid out a trap on June 29, 2018 but the accused did not accept the bribe amount. Later, the Surat ACB police inspector, K J Chaudhary, conducted a primary investigation in this case and found some incriminating evidence against the accused police constable and he formally lodged a complaint against the constable.
Further investigation in this case is being carried out by Tapi ACB’s police inspector, V A Desai.