Police remand for ex-SHO, residents protest decision

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Kaithal, February 3

The former SHO of Cheeka police station in Kaithal, Inspector Jaiveer, who was arrested on Wednesday by a team of the state Vigilance Bureau, allegedly for accepting bribe, was produced in the court on Thursday and was sent to one-day police remand.

The police are yet to recover bribe money from him.

“We have taken Inspector Jaiveer on one-day police remand,” said Inspector Suresh Saini, State Vigilance Bureau, Kaithal.

After the court hearing, residents protested in support of the SHO and handed over a memorandum to the SDM and SP in the matter.

“The SHO was trapped and was arrested without recovery of bribe money from his possession,” said Parmod, a local resident.

He was arrested on the complaint of Chand Ram, a resident of Cheeka district, Kaithal, who had filed a complaint against the accused for demanding a bribe of Rs 5,000 in lieu of disposing a case pending against him at Cheeka police station.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused in at Bureau’s Ambala police station.