Tumkuru, 31 Jan

A Police Sub-Inspector was caught red-handed by Lokayukta sleuths in Tumakuru while accepting a bribe, officials said on Saturday.

Tumakuru Rural Police Sub-Inspector Chethan Kumar S was trapped and taken into custody on Friday night after he allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe to release a seized car.

According to Lokayukta officials, the PSI demanded Rs five lakh from Nagesh SK to release the car. Later, the demand was reduced to Rs one lakh.

On Friday night, Chethan was caught receiving Rs 40,000 as an advance, Lokayukta police said, adding the investigation is in progress.

This comes a day after KP Agrahara police inspector Govindaraju was trapped while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh in Bengaluru.

The inspector was caught following a complaint lodged by Md Akbar, 42, who alleged that Govindaraju had demanded Rs 5 lakh to help him in connection with a case registered at the KP Agrahara police station.