Tamil Nadu: Virudhunagar cop suspended for taking bribe

MADURAI: A Virudhunagar West police inspector was placed under suspension for having received Rs 16,000 as bribe in a suicide case.
A woman named Kogila had committed suicide in January due to a family dispute. Since she died within seven years of marriage, a case was registered under CrPC 174 (3) based on a complaint from her family members. Gandhi, who conducted an inquiry with the woman’s husband Ajithkumar, demanded Rs 25,000 for not implicating him in the case, and he received Rs 16,000.
As the information reached higher officials, an ASP-level officer was asked to investigate. Based on his report, DIG (Madurai range) S Rajendran placed the inspector under suspension and departmental inquiry is pending against him. Though the investigating officer in such cases is deputy superintendent of police, the inspector needlessly intervened in the case and took money. In ASP’s report, four people have given testimony confirming the bribe received by the inspector including Ajithkumar, the DIG said.