RPF OFFICIAL ARRESTED WHILE ACCEPTING BRIBE:.

New Delhi: 7th March, 2005

CBI arrested a Company Commander/Inspector, Railway Protection Force, Hapur, Ghaziabad while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000/- from the complainant.

Searches are being carried out at the residential and official premises of the accused official. The accused official has been demanding money from the complainant, who is a caterer with the Railways for not harassing him in carrying out his business. But when the demand for money became very high and unreasonable the complainant was aggrieved and complained before the CBI, Dehradun Branch.

After verification of the complaint, CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed accepting the money from the complainant.He was immediately arrested. Preliminary investigation by CBI shows likely involvement of other RPF officials in this racket.