ACB arrests SPO for accepting Rs 5,000 bribe in Jammu

Jammu, May 03: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested a Special Police Officer (SPO) during a raid at the GMC Bakshi Nagar Police Post in Jammu.

Official sources told news agency JKNS that SPO Himanshu Sharma was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a street vendor outside Government Medical College, Jammu.

Sources said the ACB had received a complaint alleging that the SPO, who also worked as the driver of the police post, was collecting weekly payments from street vendors and harassing them regularly.

After verifying the allegations, ACB laid a trap and apprehended the SPO while receiving the bribe amount.

Sources further added that Murtza Rahman, the in-charge of the police post, was also taken in for questioning in connection with the case, it was not known immediately whether Murtaza was also arretsed formally.

The bureau has registered a case, and further investigation is underway.