A grade sub-inspector of Maradu police station was reportedly caught red-handed by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Tuesday (September 2) while allegedly accepting ₹ 10,000 as a bribe for releasing a vehicle seized as part of the probe into an accident case, according to a release.
K. Gopakumar was nabbed by VACB officials as they set a trap after a native of Pallikkara, Ernakulam, filed a complaint. The complainant owns the lorry, which was seized following an accident near the Vyttila hub on August 25. The lorry had rammed a car and bike as well as a compound wall after the driver suffered a heart attack. He was hospitalised and in a coma since then.
