Mumbai: A Sub-Inspector with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of CBI was on Thursday arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a witness in a case, officials said.
"Sub-Inspector Deepak Kumar had demanded bribe of Rs 50,000 from a witness in a bank fraud case which he had investigated and had threatened to arrest him if he failed to pay the amount," Superintendent of Police (CBI Anti-
Corruption Bureau), Pravin Salunkhe told PTI.
Kumar had allegedly been harassing the complainant for the last six months, Salunkhe said.
On Monday, Kumar had gone to Pune where he allegedly spoke with the complainant, a resident of Pune, and threatened him that if he didn't pay an initial amount of Rs 10,000 at the earliest, he would be arrested.
The CBI has already filed chargesheet in the bank fraud case and the matter in going on in a Pune court.
"The complainant approached us yesterday and filed a complaint. Kumar called him yesterday and told him to come to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to pay the amount," he said.
Kumar then called the complainant and told him to come to his residence at the CBI official quarters in suburban Ghatkopar, he added.
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