CORRUPT COP
ACB catches sub-inspector taking bribe of Rs 20,000
Mumbai: Sudhakar Krishna Bhosle, (45), a sub-inspector with the Juhu police, was caught red-handed by the anticorruption bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 inside the police station late on Saturday night.
The complainant, Mariappa Devendra, is a resident of the Nehru Nagar slum in Juhu. According to the ACB, Devendra, who stays in a tiny hutment, was constructing the mezzanine floor of his house last month. Bhosle, who was in charge of beat No 3, stopped the work and summoned Devendra.
When Devendra went to the police station, Bhosle allegedly scolded him and demanded a sum of Rs 50,000 to keep his mouth shut. However, sources said that after a lot of bargaining, the amount was brought down to Rs 25,000. Bhosle had taken the first instalment of Rs 5,000 from Devendra last week.
After that, Bhosle allegedly harassed Devendra for the remaining amount. Devendra approached the ACB, which laid a trap, said deputy commissioner of police (ACB) Prabhakar Satam.
Sources said this could be just the tip of the iceberg as several other personnel from the Juhu police station were “involved in corruption and would beat up residents”.
Citing a recent case, sources said around 100 people gheraoed the police station after Shekar Varden, a resident of the Nehru Nagar slum, was allegedly beaten up by the police for no reason.