SSI, constable suspended on bribery charge in Villupuram

Image used for representation purpose only.

Two policemen attached to the Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) checkpost at Kottakuppam on the East Coast Road were suspended for allegedly accepting ₹2,000 as bribe from two persons for not booking a case against them for smuggling Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from Puducherry.

The policemen, Special Sub-Inspector Gandhimohan and constable Kalaiarasan who were deployed at the PEW checkpost on Saturday had intercepted a car bound to Hosur in Krishnagiri district from Puducherry. The occupants in the car had liquor bottles brought from Puducherry.

The policemen allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹2,000 from the occupants and let them off without registering a case. Based on an inquiry, Superintendent of Police P. Saravanan ordered the suspension of the two policemen.