India, Sept. 27 -- The senior police inspector and the sub-inspector attached to the Wadala Truck Terminus police station were arrested on Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.2.2 lakh. The officers had allegedly demanded money from a man to avoid implicating his daughter in an assault case.

According to the police, the accused, senior police inspector Chandrakant Sarode, 52, and sub-inspector Rahul Waghmode, 37, had demanded a total of Rs.4.5 lakh from the complainant, who owns a community hall in Matunga (East). The bribe was allegedly sought in exchange for not naming his daughter in a police complaint linked to a property dispute.

"The dispute began on September 7, when the complainant and...