ACB Gujarat nabs a cop from Varachha in Surat in bribe case

Surat: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed unarmed head constable of surveillance staff at Varachha police station in Surat in a bribe case of Rs 20,000

The complainant does labour of diamond cutting and retail of liquor. He went to bring liquor at railway station on 13th March 2022. He then entered a railway colony outside the railway station with 3 boxes of India made foreign liquor. The accused unarmed head constable Ramdevsinh Dadubha Vala and Varachha police station staff caught him with liquor and brought him to the police station. They then allegedly called the complainant’s father and made him sit in the surveillance staff office. They demanded a bribe of Rs 2,00,000 which was reduced to Rs 1,50,000 after arguments. The accused received Rs 1,00,000 from the complainant’s father at that time and released him.

He then filed a case of liquor against the complainant. He was produced in the court the next day and released on bail. In the evening, the accused demanded the remaining amount by calling the complainant’s father through his rickshaw driver Ashokbhai. The complainant had paid Rs 45,000 to the rickshaw driver Asokbhai following the same.

The accused then demanded a total of Rs 20,000 from the complainant including Rs 5000 and Rs 15,000 for not revealing his name. The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. The accused was found taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant during a trap executed by ACB. ACB has detained the accused. DeshGujarat