Surat: Accused in Rs 4.5 lakh bribery case police head constable Dipesh Maisuriya, who was on the run since February 4, finally surrendered through this lawyer in the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Thursday. ACB sleuths had caught two other accused including ASI Mahadev Sevaikar of the now-dissolved Range Operation Group of Surat range, while accepting the bribe during a trap in Pipodra GIDC.
Maisuriya was posted in the local crime branch (LCB) of Surat district police and was suspended after the ACB trap. “Maisuriya did not reveal where he was hiding. He will be produced in court on Friday and police will seek his custody for investigation,” said an ACB officer.
The other accused, Vipul Balar, an oil businessman, was caught from his office in Pipodra GIDC. Balar had called the complainant in the graft case to come to his office with the money.
Maisuriya was not present at the spot and later went underground after the other two were arrested. Of the Rs 4.5 lakh, Sevaikar and Maisuriya were to receive Rs 2 lakh each, while Balar was to get Rs 50,000. The accused cops had threatened a chemical and oil trader of legal actions if he does not pay the money.
During investigation police found Sevaikar to be owning property worth crores.
Maisuriya owns a shop in which his wife runs beauty parlour, said police. Police are investigating properties of Maisuriya.