VARANASI: A police constable, Dilip Bharti, was caught redhanded by the anti-corruption unit of Gorakhpur police from a public park near the office of superintendent of police (SP) Azamgarh on Saturday while accepting Rs 20,000 as bribe from a rape survivor for clearing her compensation file.
Anti-corruption Gorakhpur unit team Inspector Ramdhari Mishra told TOI on Saturday, “As per a plan prepared after getting complaint from the rape survivor, Bharti, who is posted in SP Azamgarh office, was called to collect Rs 20,000 bribe money he was demanding at a public park near the SP office. When Bharti reached there and was collecting the bribe money, the anti-corruption unit members caught him red-handed.”
He added that a case was registered against Bharti and he was handed over to the Kotwali police.
According to Mishra, the social welfare department had sanctioned compensation for the rape survivor but the file was pending at the SP Azamgarh office. Bharti was looking after the desk from where the file was to be cleared and sought Rs 20,000 as bribe to clear it. The survivor had got help from a voluntary organisation in the plan.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)