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The Karnataka Lokayukta constabulary arrested a constabulary sub-inspector connected Saturday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹40,000 successful transportation with the merchandise of a seized car.
A lawsuit has been registered nether the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The accused serviceman has been identified arsenic Chetan Kumar S.S., Sub-Inspector of Police, Tumakuru Rural Police Station.
The complainant, Nagesh S.K., a nonmigratory of Nagadevanahalli, Bengaluru, had approached the Lokayukta constabulary alleging that the accused serviceman demanded a bribe of ₹5 lakh for releasing a car to its rightful owner.
During the trap operation, the accused allegedly accepted ₹40,000 arsenic a bribe done an intermediary, pursuing which Lokayukta officials arrested him red-handed.
The accused has been taken into custody, officials said.
