India, May 15 -- A senior police inspector of Shivaji Nagar police station in the eastern suburbs was arrested by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Tuesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.1 lakh from a complainant. The accused cop, Bapurao Deshmukh, was set to retire by the end of May.

The complainant is a secretary of a trust that runs a school in Shivaji Nagar. According to the police, the school lies on a disputed land. In August last year, unidentified people allegedly forcefully entered the school premises after breaking its locks. The secretary approached the charity commissioner's office and the Shivaji Nagar police to file a complaint against the trespassers.

On April 22, 2025, Deshmukh met the complainant and told him t...