Overview
- A Head Constable named Kavita was caught accepting ₹50,000 in a sting by the Gurugram Anti-Corruption Bureau and arrested inside the Manesar Women Police Station on Friday.
- ACB officers say the money was paid to have two brothers’ names removed from a dowry harassment FIR and that chemically treated currency was used to establish the trap.
- An FIR under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and an extortion charge under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita were registered and Kavita was remanded for interrogation.
- Gurugram Police transferred the station SHO to Police Lines and opened a departmental inquiry after the arrest, and the dowry case file was recovered from the station for further probe.
- The case highlights how station-level discretion can affect dowry investigations and could prompt closer oversight of police conduct and faster disciplinary or criminal action if charges are proved.