ACB announces Rs 20,000 reward for arrest of two cops, middleman in bribery case

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has announced a reward of Rs 20,000 each for information leading to the arrest of three absconders involved in a bribery case linked to CIA-2 in Hisar.

The three absconding are: ASI Sandeep Sihag, SI Narsi, and middleman Ramesh Dhaka. The police sources said that so far four persons identified as CIA-2's then in-charge Inspector Kapil Sihag, Constable Ajay and Richpal have been arrested in the case. Constable Sandeep was arrested by the ACB on May 25 and taken into remand and was sent to jail today.

The case dates back to October 24, 2024, when the ACB, acting on a complaint by Aman, a petrol pump owner from Litani village, conducted a raid in Sector 1-4 and arrested Richhpal while accepting a bribe of Rs 5.80 lakh. Richhpal was acting as a middleman in the extortion case.

As per the complaint, Aman was forcibly taken in a government vehicle and threatened with false criminal charges if he failed to pay up. Soon after, Richhpal, a resident of Litani village, approached him as an intermediary and claimed that he had “settled” the matter with the police officers for a total of Rs 17.50 lakh.

The ACB caught Richhpal red-handed while accepting Rs 5.80 lakh who named several others, leading to the arrest of Inspector Kapil Sihag and two others.