New Delhi, September 2
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted a raid in the Shahbad Dairy area in Delhi targeting police officers allegedly involved in bribery cases.
During the CBI's operation, a head constable managed to escape from the scene while one got arrested.
The CBI arrested Shailesh Kumar, a former Civil Defence employee red-handed with a bribe amount of Rs 4,000.
The CBI had received information that two head constables stationed in the Shahbad Dairy area were demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 to settle a domestic dispute between a husband and wife. One of the head constables, Amit Malik, had rented a room in Delhi’s Rohini where the bribe was to be delivered.
The CBI set up a trap, and as soon as they conducted the raid, the police officers fled the scene. However, Shailesh Kumar was arrested on the spot.
Following the CBI's complaint, the Delhi Police registered an FIR and initiated further action.
In response to the incident, the Delhi Police Commissioner has established a new rule stating that the SHO (Station House Officer) of any police station raided by the CBI will be immediately relieved of duty.
As the current case involves the Shahbad Dairy police station and a head constable from this station is implicated, the SHO has been relieved of his duties.
In the past two months alone, the CBI has arrested over a dozen Delhi Police officers on bribery charges.
