Vigilance inspector booked for graft

An FIR was registered against an inspector with the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau.

An FIR was registered against an inspector with the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday for demanding a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a man accused in a forgery case.

The bureau had entrusted Inspector Mall Dutt Sharma posted at Nahan in Sirmour district with a forgery case related to a caste certificate against one Preeti,wife of one Vinod Kumar Goldy,the complainant.

According to Goldy,Sharma had called him to the vigilance police station at Nahan and demanded the bribe to close the case. On Thursday,Goldy approached ADG (Vigilance) K C Sadyal in Shimla and told him about the incident.

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Following this,the Special Investigation Unit of the Vigilance Bureau,asked Goldy to speak to Sharma over telephone in their presence. During the conversation,Sharma once again demanded a bribe from Goldy.

Inspector Mall Dutt Sharma directed Goldy to make an online transfer of Rs 15,000 in his savings bank account at State Bank of Indias Parwanoo branch. We told the complainant to deposit the money. After the transaction took place,we directed the bank to freeze Sharmas account. An FIR was registered against him at the Special Investigation Unit police station in Shimla under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, said Sadyal.

A Vigilance Bureau team from Shimla has left for Nahan to arrest Sharma. Raids are also being conducted at his residence. A probe has been initiated into his bank accounts.

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