BHABUA: A Bihar excise division constable who allegedly armtwisted two Odisha authorities officers to pay ₹1 lakh in bribes as a result of they’d consumed liquor earlier than coming into the state has been arrested, police mentioned on Wednesday.
In keeping with the legislation, it’s a crime to be underneath the affect of liquor within the state. (PIxabay)
Kunal Kumar, a prohibition (excise) constable, and his confederate Satish Yadav have been arrested following a grievance by the 2 Odisha officers after a fast inquiry supported their allegations.
Kalpataru Sethi, an official with Odisha’s Keonjhar district treasury at Badhal, his subordinate Laxmidhar Barad and a driver have been coming back from Prayagraj after a dip at Maha Kumbh once they have been stopped by the constable close to the built-in verify publish on NH 19 (GT Street) on Monday.
Sethi mentioned they have been caught up in enormous jams on their manner again from Prayagraj. At one level, they consumed liquor close to Varanasi and have been quick asleep at about 2:45pm when the automotive entered Bihar, which imposed a blanket ban on liquor within the state manner again in 2016.
In keeping with the legislation, it’s a crime to be underneath the affect of liquor within the state. In addition to, the liquor bottle was nonetheless within the automotive, Sethi mentioned over the cellphone.
They requested the constable to allow them to go, telling him that they’d consumed liquor in small portions. However the constable didn’t budge.
He compelled them to park the automotive at a resort 4km away and demanded ₹1 lakh. The 2 officers had ₹80,000 money on them. He took it away. “He also snatched ₹10,000 from the driver and their purse and mobile phones and demanded additional ₹20,000,” Sethi mentioned.
However the constable wished extra, he mentioned, and compelled him to switch ₹10,000 extra through a 3rd occasion.
He lastly allow them to depart at 4.20 pm, he mentioned.
Sethi mentioned he bought contact particulars of a joint commissioner-rank officer within the excise division from a buddy in Odisha and informed him your complete incident. He additionally shared video clips of the constable that he had secretly recorded in addition to the receipt of the switch.
Kaimur’s excise superintendent was ordered to look into the grievance and a crew was fashioned. The constable who took the quantity was recognized and ₹10,500 of the quantity hidden underneath a parked truck was recovered at his occasion, excise superintendent Santosh Kumar Shrivastava mentioned.
Kaimur superintendent of police Hari Mohan Shukla mentioned the constable, Kunal Kumar, a resident of Rudranagar village in Buxar district and his affiliate Satish Yadav of Gazipur district of Uttar Pradesh have been arrested on costs of extortion and Prevention of Corruption Act.
“Police are investigating the case and no one involved in the crime would be spared,” SP HM Shukla mentioned.