Navsari ASI held taking Rs 5K bribe

Surat: An assistant sub inspector in Navsari was caught accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe from a jaggery seller on Saturday. Accused Diva Dahwad, who was out on election patrol duty, had gone to the residence of the complainant in Pati Bavisi Faliyu near Khergam and was caught by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) with the bribe money.
Dahwad had left the complainant’s home with the money and a an ACB team led by K R Saxena, police inspector ACB, Valsad trapped the accused on the road.The exercise was carried out under the supervision of N P Gohil, assistant director, ACB, Surat.
According to ACB, the complainant in the case is into edible jaggery business and accused Dahwad of trying to frame him as selling illegally to country liquor brewers. Threatening to frame him, Dahwad demanded Rs 5,000.
The complainant asked him to collect the amount on Saturday morning. “The accused had come in the van that was taken on rent by police for election patrol duty. There were other cops present in the car but they are not involved in the crime,” said an ACB officer.
The accused is to retire in five years and had worked for 30 years in Navsari police. tnn