Lawyer held for taking Rs 1.5L as bribe on behalf of woman cop

Surat: A lawyer was arrested for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh on behalf of a woman cop in Valsad town on Wednesday, said an official of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB).
The ACB caught lawyer Bhaatkumar Bhagwatiprasad Yadav (35) a resident of Abrama in Valsad, red-handed accepting cash from the owner of a wine shop outside the mamlatdar (revenue) office in Valsad town. ACB has registered a case against Yadav and Valsad city woman police sub-inspector Y J Patel under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to ACB, Patel had demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from the wine shop owner for not arresting his son who is booked in a prohibition case lodged in Valsad town police station. The shop owner alerted the ACB that laid a trap and caught Yadav red-handed.
As per the case details, Patel was investigating a prohibition case at Valsad city police station last year. This is when the name of the wine shop owner in Silvassa city of union territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli cropped up. The owner got anticipatory bail from the court. But PSI Patel allegedly started threatening the wine shop owner and demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from him for not pursuing the case.