Police constable held red handed while taking bribe

BARA: Officials from Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday nabbed a police constable while he was accepting bribe from an illegal trader.

CIAA officials of the anti-graft body’s Hetauda office caught Police Constable Sudama Hjara (30) with Rs 100,000 bribe money from Devkilal Oldage Home at Kalaiya Municipality.

According to police, constable Hajra accepted the bribe to assist illegal traders of Paan Masala and Gutka in smuggling the goods to Nepal.

Hajra has been taken to CIAA Hetauda Office for further investigation, officials informed.