ASI arrested for taking bribe

The vigilance bureau monday arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police from Runni Saidpur police station in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district for taking a bribe of Rs. 5,000, official sources said.

Acting on a complaint, a vigilance team laid a trap and caught the ASI Rampukar Safi taking the money from a person named Nandubhai Patel of Manichowk locality, the sources said.

The ASI had demanded the bribe for arresting an accused in a case, they said. The bribe was recovered from Safi, the sources said.

–PTI