Woman SI arrested for taking bribe

Tribune News Service

Solan, March 3

A team of officials from the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, (VACB) Solan, on Tuesday arrested SI Veena Paul, posted at the women’s police station as an additional SHO (Baddi), while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a woman.

Additional Director General of Police, VACB, Anurag Garg said Veena Paul had demanded Rs 5,000 from the complainant for not implicating her in a kidnapping case. She was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from the complainant at the police station.

A team, led by DSP Santosh Kumar, arrested her. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered.