Hyderabad: M. Sarangapani, a sub-inspector serving with the Mirchowk police station was caught red-handed by the Anti Corruption Bureau sleuths, accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. Ironically, the accused cop was recently awarded and given the title ‘Key performance indicator’ for solving cases in a short span.
After the arrest, pictures of him receiving the appreciation letter from TS director general of police went viral.
The sleuths of Anti- Corruption Bureau laid a trap and caught the cop while he was accepting Rs 50,000 from a person against whom a case of cheating was registered following a court-referred complainant. The bribe amount was reportedly the first instalment. In total, Rs 2 lakh were demanded.
A police constable K. Kiran Kumar who allegedly worked as his conduit (mediator) carried the money from complainant Kotte Anil Kumar ex-employee of HPCL,Amberpet. The cop demanded a bribe to perform his duty ‘improperly’, that is recovering the amount due to the complainant from the accused in a case of cheating.
According to the police, the complainant invested Rs 37 lakh in a chit fund company that allegedly cheated the complainant. He filed a case in the court and the court referred the complainant to the police station.
The S-I and constable were produced before the ACB special court.
