CBI court frames graft charges against two Chandigarh cops

The CBI court here has framed charges against two cops arrested in a bribery case two years ago.

SI Akhtar Hussain, posted at the Sector 17 police station, and Krishan Kumar, posted with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), were arrested by the CBI on the charges of seeking Rs 5 lakh bribe from a local resident in lieu of helping his relative in a GST fraud case in October 2023.

The CBI claimed that both cops were handling a GST fraud case and sought illegal gratification for favouring a relative of the complainant, Ram Mehar Sharma. The policemen were demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh, which was later reduced to Rs 2.50 lakh.

On receiving the complaint, the CBI laid a trap at the EOW office. However, Inspector Krishan Kumar managed to give the sleuths the slip. He escaped with the bribe money. He was arrested later after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the court.

After hearing of the arguments, the court stated that “From perusal of the final report of the investigation and documents on record, a prima facie case for commission of offences punishable under Section 120-B of the IPC read with Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, are made out against the accused. They have been accordingly served with the chargesheet to which they pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. Proceedings are now adjourned to September 9 for prosecution evidence.”

Chandigarh