A 29-year-old probationary officer attached with the Navi Mumbai Police was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000. The accused had demanded money from a complainant to settle his complaint in the police station, an official said.

According to police, a 32-year-old Navi Mumbai resident has a commercial shop space in Sanpada. He had rented the shop to a person named Chunnilal Khatanwalia. As Khatanwalia was not paying rent on a regular basis, the complainant asked him to vacate it.