Gurgaon: The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a woman head constable posted at Manesar women’s police station for allegedly accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe to drop family members of an accused from a marital dispute case.The following day, police commissioner Sibash Kabiraj transferred the station house officer (SHO), Neha Rathi, of the police station to Police Lines and ordered a departmental inquiry into supervisory lapses.The accused, head constable Kavita, was caught in a sting operation after a man complained to ACB that she had demanded the money to remove the names of his brothers, Balram and Mukesh, from a case his wife had registered against him and other family members at the women’s police station. After verifying the allegations, ACB laid a trap and arrested her while she was allegedly accepting the money.ACB registered a case against Kavita under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act (demanding or accepting bribes) and Section 308(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (extortion). She was subsequently produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.Police said Kabiraj viewed the incident as a failure of supervision at the station level, and that the departmental inquiry would examine the circumstances of the alleged bribery and determine whether any supervisory lapses occurred or whether further action is warranted against other personnel.“The department follows a zero-tolerance policy against corruption. Strict departmental action will be taken against any police personnel found involved in corruption or irregularities,” Kabiraj said.
