Shah Inayat Gunj SHO In ACB Net

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested L Balu Chowhan, an inspector with the Hyderabad city police, on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.

Chowhan, the SHO of the Shahinayathgunj police station, was accused of soliciting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a complainant to remove the latter's name from a missing persons case and to avoid further harassment to the latter, the ACB officials said.

The complainant, unable to meet the original demand, negotiated the amount down to Rs 50,000, which the inspector allegedly accepted.

Following the arrest, the accused was presented before the Special Court for SPE and ACB cases in Nampally.

The ACB officials confirmed that further investigations into the case are underway.