SHO, constable held in Bihar for taking Rs 60,000 as bribe

PATNA: Sleuths of the Bihar State Vigilance Investigation Bureau arrested Deedarganj SHO, Rajesh Kumar, and a constable, Vinay Kumar, while accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 from one Nagendra Prasad Yadav in front of the police station in Patna City on Thursday night.
A source told TOI that the trap team, led by DSP Surendra Kumar Mauar, caught the duo soon after the constable received the money.
“Nagendra is a transporter with a fleet of nine heavy trucks. Rajesh, who is an inspector-rank officer, had demanded a monthly commission of Rs 72,000 from him for letting him run the trucks. Later, he finalised the deal at Rs 60,000,” the source said, adding that Vinay acted as a mediator between the SHO and the transporter.
Rajesh’s house at Bajrangpuri under the Alamganj police station area was also raided.