Tainted cops remanded in police custody

Mumbai, Nov 23 (UNI) Two police officers, arrested yesterday by the anti corruption bureau sleuths while allegedly accepting a bribe, have been remanded in police custody till November 27.

ACB today produced inspector Prasant Yaswant Pandit of N M Joshi Marg Police station and sub inspector Jagdish Babugiri before ACB judge P N Deshmukh who remanded them in police custody till November 27.

On a tip off, the ACB sleuths had allegedly caught the duo red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from an undertrial in police custody. The accused, Ravikumar Gutti, is implicated in a cases of cheating, conspiracy and criminal breach of trust.

Pandit had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from the accused for his release. The amount was later reduced to Rs 20,000 after negotiations.

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