Goa PSI suspended for demanding bribe

Panaji, Jan 20: A police sub-inspector, arrested by ACB for allegedly demanding bribe of Rs 35,000, was suspended by state DGP today.

"Sub-Inspector Vikram Naik has been placed under suspension by the Director General of Police," Superintendent of Police (South) Shekhar Prabhudessai told PTI.

Naik, attached to Ponda police station, was booked last week for allegedly demanding Rs 35,000 from a man who was accused of abetting an absconding accused.

The ACB had booked Naik under the Prevention of Corruption Act after recorded conversation purportedly that of the PSI seeking illegal gratification was produced before the agency.

PTI