Rohtak, May 16 -- Sonepat police have arrested an inspector for allegedly demanding Rs.15 lakh from the vice-chancellor of World University of Design in lieu of not arresting varsity supervisor Dharmendra Mishra, who had planted 400 poppy plants on the campus in March, a Sonepat police spokesperson said.

The arrested police inspector Teja Ram was also suspended from duty for accepting bribe of Rs.15 lakh. On March 28, the Sonepat police recovered 400 poppy plants cultivated on the campus and the weight of plants was found to be 39.8 kg. Inspector Teja Ram was investigating the case, and he traced the location of absconding supervisor Mishra to vice-chancellor Sanjay Gupta's house in Punjab.

"The inspector accused Gupta of giving shelter...