The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption cell on Tuesday arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on bribery charges. 

The arrested individual, identified as Dambarudhar Dutta of Silonibari OP, was trapped and caught red-handed while accepting a bribe money from the complainant.

According to police, Dutta had demanded the bribe money for giving relief to complainant and his family in a criminal case. 

Taking to Twitter, ADGP (Law & Order) GP Singh wrote, “Today,Team from the @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red-handed & arrested ASI Dambarudhar Dutta of Silonibari OP under North Lakhimpur district after he accepted bribe from the complainant for giving relief to complainant and his family in a criminal case. @assampolice @CMOfficeAssam”.

Meanwhile, a case under relevant sections has been registered against him.

The anti-corruption cell along with the Assam Police is keeping a strict vigil to curb all kinds of corruption activities across the state. In the last few months, many state government officials were caught red-handed while accepting bribes.