Guwahati: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in Cachar, Assam, has been arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on charges of bribery.
The arrested officer has been identified as Noma Uddin Ahmed.
He was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from a complainant.
According to a complaint filed with the DVAC, ASI Ahmed had initially demanded Rs 6,000 to recover the complainant’s stolen motorcycle.
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He later reduced the demanded amount to Rs 4,000.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the DVAC.
A trap was subsequently set and the accused police officer was nabbed from the Ghungoor Out Post where he was posted.
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The DVAC team apprehended him after he accepted the bribe money from the complainant in his quarters.
The tainted money has been recovered and seized in the presence of witnesses.
A case under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has been registered against ASI Ahmed at the ACB Police Station (ACB PS Case No. 20/2024).
Further investigation has been initiated.