Jharkhand, September 23: A police officer was on Thursday arrested by the Jharkhand vigilance bureau after he was caught accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 in steel city Jamshedpur, an official said here.
M.M. Khan, a sub-inspector of Mango police station, was caught red-handed accepting Rs.10,000 cash, Neyaz Ahmad, director general of Jharkhand vigilance bureau, told reporters here.
Khan had asked for the bribe from a person, whose identity was not revealed, for a favour. The vigilance bureau laid a trap and arrested the officer. This was the 32nd such trap by Jharkhand vigilance bureau this year.
Jamshedpur is around 130 km from Ranchi.
—Agencies