ACB arrested Shamirpet SI for accepting a bribe of Rs.22,000

Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here on Monday arrested Shamirpet Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) M. Parashuram for accepting a bribe of Rs.22,000 as a bribe from a complainant for doing an official favour. 

Parashuram demanded and accepted a bribe to exclude the complainant and his worker from the cheating case registered by the Shamirpet police and to return the



complainant's cell phone. The SI had already accepted Rs.2 lakh as bribe from the complainant, the ACB officials said.

They added that the SI performed his public duty improperly and dishonestly and the bribe amount was recovered from him at his instance. The officials produced the SI before the special court for ACB cases after which the court remanded him to judicial custody.