Mohali, June 6 -- An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) with Mohali police was booked for attempt to murder after he allegedly tried to run over a Vigilance Bureau inspector during a bribery trap operation in Sohana on Wednesday evening.

The accused, identified as ASI Kamalpreet Sharma, is currently absconding. He was recently posted at the Sohana police station after a previous stint at the Seneta police post.

According to the Vigilance Bureau, Sharma was accused of demanding a bribe of Rs.50,000 from Harjinder Singh, a resident of Anandpur Sahib, to settle a road accident case involving the death of a man under the truck of the complainant's friend Satish Kumar.

Despite his transfer from the Seneta police post to Sohana police station, Sh...