Police SI gets 2-yr RI for accepting Rs 500 bribe
Shanmugam accused his neighbour P Selvaraj of threatening him and his wife for not supporting him in an issue with another neighbour.
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TIRUCHY: A sub-inspector was sentenced to 2-year rigorous imprisonment for accepting a bribe of Rs 500 from a complainant to initiate action against an accused.
According to the prosecution, on December 30, 2008, K Shanmugam (35), a resident of Athanoor village near Papanasam in Thanjavur, approached the Kabisthalam police sub-inspector K Samidurai for lodging a complaint against one of his neighbours. Shanmugam accused his neighbour P Selvaraj of threatening him and his wife for not supporting him in an issue with another neighbour.
Samidurai, who accepted the complaint, demanded a bribe of Rs 500 from Shanmugam to initiate action against the accused. Shanmugam lodged a complaint with the DVAC on February 13, 2009.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered against the SI and the DVAC inspector Sivavadivel caught Samidurai red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 500 from Shanmugam.
The case was under trial in the Kumbakonam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court. Judge D Shanmugapriya delivering the verdict on Tuesday sentenced Samidurai to 2-year rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2,000.