Rs.30L cash seized from senior cop held for bribery
Jaipur, June 29 -- The Anti Corruption Bureau on Saturday seized around Rs.30 lakh unaccounted cash and a slew of expensive property documents from the residence of the additional superintendent of police (ASP) of the agency's Jhalawar unit, Jagaram Meena who was trapped on Friday while carrying a bribe money of Rs.9.35 lakh in a newspaper wrap in a car heading towards Jaipur, officials aware of the matter said.
A senior official privy to the investigation said, "After Friday's trap, the agency conducted a thorough search at his residence in Jaipur during which we have found at least Rs.30 lakh unaccounted cash and a slew of expensive property documents which are disproportionate to his income. Meena was coming to Jaipur from Jhalawar in a car on Friday evening when the ACB team stopped the car at Shivdaspura toll post and found Rs.9.35 lakh in a newspaper wrap." ACB Director General (DG) Dr Ravi Prakash Meharda said, "Meena was on our radar for a long time. Since his appointment in Jhalawar-based ACB unit two years ago, he was found threatening several other local government officials from the transport, mines and other departments to extort bribery." htc...
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