India, Dec. 11 -- A sub-inspector (SI) posted at the Dhauj police station in Faridabad was dismissed from service while the station house officer (SHO) was placed under suspension after the Haryana anti-corruption bureau (ACB) booked them on bribery and extortion charges, senior police officers said Wednesday.

Senior officers of Faridabad police said that the SI, Sumit Kumar, 31, was caught while accepting Rs.1.5 lakh from a Kurukshetra based businessman, Manoj Kumar, 43, at a farm house near Dhauj police station on December 5.

According to ACB officers associated with the case, SI Kumar had asked Manoj for the bribe in return for helping him in a cheating case registered against him on September 8. SI Kumar was the investigating office...