On remand: Rs100 bribe lands traffic cops in trouble
The case has been registered under section 161 (public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration)
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KARACHI:
Taking a bribe of Rs100 has landed four traffic policemen in trouble as an anti-corruption court remanded them on Wednesday into the custody of the anti-corruption establishment (ACE) for five days.
Sub-inspector Hasan Gopang, assistant sub-inspector Khadim Hussain, head constables Muhammad Ashraf and Muhammad Hanif of the traffic police were arrested on February 16 during an anti-corruption drive.
ACE officials, who were pretending to be truck drivers, drove around the city and parked their vehicles near traffic police deployments. The traffic controllers asked the drivers to show their licence and other documents but the undercover ACE officials offered a bribe of Rs100 that the accused allegedly accepted. Thereafter, the traffic policemen were arrested as ACE officials revealed their identities to them.
The ACE produced the accused personnel before the anti-corruption judge, Gulshan Ara Chandio, to seek their remand. The officer claimed the suspects needed to be interrogated so the judge allowed him to keep them in custody until February 21 and sought progress report at the next hearing.
The case has been registered under section 161 (public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration) and 34 (common intention) of the penal code, read with section 5(2) of the prevention of corruption act.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 18th, 2016.
Taking a bribe of Rs100 has landed four traffic policemen in trouble as an anti-corruption court remanded them on Wednesday into the custody of the anti-corruption establishment (ACE) for five days.
Sub-inspector Hasan Gopang, assistant sub-inspector Khadim Hussain, head constables Muhammad Ashraf and Muhammad Hanif of the traffic police were arrested on February 16 during an anti-corruption drive.
ACE officials, who were pretending to be truck drivers, drove around the city and parked their vehicles near traffic police deployments. The traffic controllers asked the drivers to show their licence and other documents but the undercover ACE officials offered a bribe of Rs100 that the accused allegedly accepted. Thereafter, the traffic policemen were arrested as ACE officials revealed their identities to them.
The ACE produced the accused personnel before the anti-corruption judge, Gulshan Ara Chandio, to seek their remand. The officer claimed the suspects needed to be interrogated so the judge allowed him to keep them in custody until February 21 and sought progress report at the next hearing.
The case has been registered under section 161 (public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration) and 34 (common intention) of the penal code, read with section 5(2) of the prevention of corruption act.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 18th, 2016.