Maharashtra: Woman constable held for demanding bribe of Rs 1,000 in Palghar

A women police constable was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 in Palghar district, a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said.

The WPC, attached to Virar police station, had sought Rs 1,500 from a man who wanted no action to be taken in a case he had filed against his brother as the siblings had settled the matter among themselves, the official said.

She was held while accepting Rs 1,000 during a trap, Navnath Jagtap, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Palghar Unit of ACB said. The 51-year-old constable has been charged under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, the Deputy SP added.