The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Mumbai, arrested the head of Shivaji Nagar Police Station in Govandi on Tuesday night after catching him red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. The amount was part of a Rs 2.5 lakh bribe reportedly demanded by the officer from a school trustee seeking police assistance in a legal matter.

Senior Police Inspector Bapurao Madhukar Deshmukh (57) was apprehended by ACB officials during a trap operation following a complaint from a 41-year-old trustee of a school in Mumbai. The complainant had earlier approached the Shivaji Nagar police and the Charity Commissioner’s office after a group of individuals forcibly broke the lock and entered the school premises on August 15, 2024.