New Delhi:
Within 24 hours after getting the 'best constable' award, Telangana constable, Palle Thirupati Reddy, was caught red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 17,000. Palle Thirupati Reddy, who is posted constable in I-Town police station in Mahbubnagar, had received the honour and citation from excise minister V Srinivas Goud, in the presence of district Superintendent of Police Rema Rajeswari on Independence Day.
Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) with 17,000 in cash that he allegedly received as a bribe for not registering a case against a person. According to the complainant, Ramesh, he has been harassed by the police official to pay him bribes while transporting sand even though he had the valid documents.
After his arrest, Reddy was presented before an ACB court and sent to judicial custody.
According to local media reports, the cop was allegedly threatening the man to implicate him in a false case if he failed to pay him the bribe.
