Overview
- The Jabalpur Lokayukta Police, which ran twin stings Wednesday in Seoni, arrested an assistant sub-inspector and a block clerk on bribery charges.
- ASI Dinesh Raghuwanshi was arrested at a tea stall after accepting Rs 20,000 that he had allegedly sought to verify documents in a fraud case.
- Complainant Nandkishore Chaurasia had reported a scheme that took money for a government job and vehicle contract for his son, prompting the trap.
- Clerk Arun Kumar Kumre was held after taking a Rs 10,000 first instalment on an alleged Rs 25,000–30,000 demand to release 14 months of suspended pay.
- Officials said the operations followed directives from DGP Yogesh Deshmukh and DIG Manoj Singh, and cases now move under the Prevention of Corruption Act.