State Bureau

 

In a trap operation led by the State Economic Offences Investigation and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SEOIACB), Bilaspur, Assistant Sub-Inspector Manoj Mishra, posted at Hardibazar Police Station under Korba district, was arrested on Saturday while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a local resident. The complainant, Pancham Chauhan of Kosla village, had approached SEOIACB with allegations that ASI Mishra had falsely implicated him in a fabricated diesel theft case, and was demanding Rs 50,000 in exchange for releasing his vehicle. Upon receiving and verifying the complaint, SEOIACB Bilaspur planned a trap operation on April 5. During the operation, ASI Manoj Mishra was caught red-handed while accepting the the bribe of Rs 10,000 in cash from the complainant. The transaction was intercepted and documented by SEOIACB officers at the scene. The accused has been booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018), and that further procedural actions are underway.