The Karnataka Lokayukta police have arrested a senior Bengaluru police officer and his subordinate for allegedly accepting a Rs 2-lakh bribe to research a cybercrime, marking the primary time a senior officer from the cybercrime division has been caught for bribery.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Tanveer S R of the Northeast CEN police station and Assistant Sub-Inspector Krishna Murthy have been arrested on a criticism filed by Madhusudhan B S, a businessman. On February 26, he approached the police station stating that somebody had hacked his web site’s login credentials, falsely portraying it as a fraudulent firm and posting inappropriate messages that prompted monetary loss to his enterprise.
Madhusudhan suspected a former worker, Monish, is likely to be behind the hacking. Whereas he requested the police to arrest Monish, the 2 officers demanded Rs 4 lakh. The businessman alleged that Tanveer and Murthy later settled for Rs 2 lakh as an advance. Suspicious of their intent, he alerted the Lokayukta police, who laid a lure.
On Tuesday night, Madhusudhan met ASI Murthy at a delegated location in RT Nagar. As quickly as the cash was handed over, a Lokayukta workforce led by DySP Thippeswamy caught Murthy red-handed. ACP Tanveer was arrested shortly after.
“Arrest procedures have been accomplished and additional investigations are ongoing,” an official stated.
Each officers have been charged below part 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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