Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has granted bail to suspended Police Inspector Sunil Gudler and Constable Mohammed Hussein of the Konkan Railway Police Station, who were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly accepting a bribe from a beef trader.
According to ACB officials, the arrests stemmed from a complaint lodged by a beef trader who alleged that Gudler and Hussein had demanded a bribe in exchange for not initiating action under various laws related to cattle transport and meat trading. The complainant claimed the officers threatened to implicate him in a false case if he failed to pay.
Acting on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap and allegedly caught the officers red-handed accepting the bribe. The incident took place in early April, after which both officers were suspended from duty pending the investigation.
A formal FIR was registered under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the officers were remanded to judicial custody. The ACB has claimed to have sufficient evidence, including audio and video recordings of the alleged bribe-taking, to support the charges.
The case has drawn attention due to the involvement of law enforcement officers in alleged corruption and has raised questions about accountability within the police ranks, particularly in sensitive regions like the Konkan belt where cattle transport and beef trade are contentious issues.
