A DySP rank officer of Kerala police was on Wednesday arrested by Vigilance officials following a dramatic chase after he allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 50,000 at his house in Cherthala here.
A senior vigilance official said that the officer — Anil Kumar — jumped from the first floor of his house to the ground and ran away on seeing the VACB officials, and was apprehended after a chase.
Kumar had allegedly sought a bribe of Rs two lakh from the owner of a waste removal vehicle, which was seized by police recently. The officer demanded money to release the vehicle, the vigilance official said.
He asked the owner to give Rs 50,000 as an advance at his residence, the vigilance official said.
Thereafter, the vehicle owner lodged a complaint with the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), and they followed him to Kumar’s home.
While accepting the bribe, the officer saw the VACB officials, ran into his house and then jumped from the first floor in his attempt to escape, the official said.
However, the VACB team chased him down and apprehended him, the official said, adding that Kumar will be produced before the court on Thursday.
