Chennai inspector suspended for taking Rs 12 lakh bribe from two doctors in POCSO case
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Chennai: Holding a woman police inspector responsible for taking bribe during duty hours, the Tamil Nadu police department suspended her on Tuesday. She was accused of allegedly collecting Rs 12.20 lakh from two doctors involved in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case.
It is reported that she allegedly threatened the two doctors about revealing their crime to the media and destroying their reputation if they failed to pay her the money. The inspector allegedly collected the money in exchange for not registering a case against the doctors.
The suspension comes as a result of an internal investigation into the matter. In order to enforce the law and ensure transparency, the police department had taken action against the inspector of Police in the All-Woman Police Station at Guduvancher.
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The incident took place after a mother of a minor girl lodged a complaint at the police station about the kidnapping of her daughter. The mother claimed that a man kidnapped her daughter at his house in Tirusulam.
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