India, Jan. 11 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered a case against a police constable for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs.10,000 from a vegetable vendor in exchange for helping him in a non-cognisable (NC) offence registered at Saswad Police Station. Although a trap could not be executed as the accused grew suspicious, the bureau booked him for demanding a bribe.

The accused has been identified as Vikas Laxman Omase, 39, of Anandbag Society on Sonari Road and attached to Saswad police station, officials said on Saturday.

According to the ACB, the complainant runs a vegetable vending business in Saswad. A non-cognisable offence had earlier been registered against the complainant and his father at Saswad Police Station. Omase ...