Humour Trapped !!

Humour Trapped !!

1. Our complainant, who was working as a wireless operator in Motor Transport Section of Mumbai Police, came to Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and lodged a complaint that his in-charge Hawaldar was demanding money for showing favor in the matter of distribution of duties. A trap was laid at the quarters of the said hawaldar. He was sleeping in the room. He woke up, accepted the bribe of Rs. 500, kept the bribe, amount under his pillow and again went to sleep! The Hawaldar had to be woken up and told that this was a trap from the Anti - Corruption Bureau. He pleaded that he was sleeping and that he was not aware as to who had kept the said amount under his pillow. However, this was untrue as the entire transaction had taken place in presence of independent witnesses. 2. A complainant lodged a complaint with us against a Mukadam of M - Ward, BMC, Mumbai, of a bribe demand of Rs. 1500. A trap was laid at the office of the M - Ward, BMC. Some of the raiding party members went to the second floor along with the complainant and the witnesses, while the remaining raiding party were waiting in front of the office near a Pan shop. The Mukadam met the complainant and asked him to accompany him outside the BMC office. They came to the same pan shop where the remaining members of the raiding party were waiting! The Mukadam asked for a paper bag from the pan shop owner and after blowing into the bag, he asked our complainant to drop the bribe inside the bag in the presence of entire raiding party! Thereafter, he was trapped. ( Normally we find it very difficult to get the raiding party to witness the bribe taking, since the bribe taker takes precautions.) At that time, he was aged about 57 years and 11 months and was to retire in a month's time. The Mukadam was convicted by the Court. 3. A complainant telephoned to the ACB office and informed that one Rationing official was demanding Rs. 50 from him for not deleting the name of his deceased father from the Ration Card saying that " Mare Huain Aadmi ke Naam Pe Ration khate Ho, Tumhare Upar main Case kar Doonga " ( You are taking the Rations of a dead man. I will register a case against you. ) The complainant was asked to come to ACB for lodging his complaint, but he could not come, as the Rationing officer insisted on immediate payment of the bribe. Our complainant wisely made a photo copy of the Fifty Rupee note he was going to pay as bribe to the Rationing official. Complainant also had another work of change of his residential address for which the same Rationing Officer demanded another bribe of Rs. 200. The complainant came to ACB the next day and lodged his complaint. A trap was laid at the kandivli Rationing Office and the Rationing official was trapped while accepting Rs. 200. During his personal search, another Rs. 50 was found in his pant pocket and which was the same that had been accepted by him on the earlier day! 4. A complainant came to ACB for lodging a complaint of demand of bribe against a an official of the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai. The Addl. DCP, ACB asked one of the ACsP of the Bureau to record the complaint and lay a trap. The ACP told the Addl. DCP that he was busy in some other matter and had no time for a fresh case. Ultimately, the Addl. DCP entrusted this work to one of the Police Inspectors of the Bureau. A trap was laid at the BMC office and the BMC official was trapped while accepting a bribe of Rs. 4500. When the BMC official was detained, he immediately disclosed that his son - in law is an ACP and is serving with Anti - Corruption Bureau. We were surprised to learn that that he was the same ACP to whom this trap has been entrusted earlier!! 5. Our complainant who was a policeman attached to the Sakinaka Police Station came to ACB to logged a complaint against a Junior Engineer of BMC L - Ward, Kurla, who was demanding a bribe of Rs. 17000 for showing favor in not demolishing the complainant's home. A Brihan Mumbai Muncipal Corporation Engineer was demanding bribe from a Policeman - a custodian of Law! A trap was laid at BMC L - ward office and the Engineer and his assistant were trapped. The Engineer was later convicted in the Court of Law. 6. Our complainant had approached a clerk in Tahsildar Office, Mulund and submitted an application for obtaining copy of the Electoral Roll, for which the official fee was Re.1. The clerk, however, demanded Rs. 200. Our complainant tried bargaining to reduce the amount of bribe but the clerk insisted on getting Rs. 200. The complainant reluctantly agreed to pay Rs. 200. At the same time, a neighboring lady clerk also demanded Rs. 200 saying "Mera Kya " ( What about me ) as she would also be doing part of the work!! The complainant approached ACB and a trap was laid at the Tahsildar office, Mulund and both these clerks were trapped while accepting Rs. 200 each. The case ended in conviction in Court. 7. A complainant lodged a complaint with ACB against a Police Sub Inspector attached to Pydhonie Police Station regarding demand of bribe of Rs. 4000=00. The surprising modus operandi of accepting the bribe was that the Sub Inspector gave our complainant a credit slip of his Bank and instructed him to deposit Rs. 4000 in his account! The officer filled in the details in the credit slip and after duly signing the same, handed it over to the complainant! After the complainant deposited the said amount in the bank, the PSI was trapped. He was convicted by the Court. 8.A complainant came to ACB and lodged a complaint against a Judicial Clerk for demand of bribe of Rs. 100 for issuing him a copy of the Judgment Order. The trap was laid in the premises of the Court. At the time of the trap, the Court typist and peon were also present in the vicinity. The complainant was about to pay Rs. 100 ( 10 currency notes of Rs. 10 ) to the Judicial Clerk, when the typist and the peon intervened saying " Hamara Kya" ( What about us ) to the complainant, who then had to distribute the trap amount Rs. 50 to the Judicial Clerk, Rs. 30 to typist and Rs. 20 to the peon! After this trap, the Court's work came to a stand still as there was nobody to assist the Honorable Magistrate! 9. A complainant came to ACB and lodged a complaint against a Junior Security Officer attached to F - South Ward, BMC for demand of bribe of Rs. 1500=00. When the trap was laid at his office, the officer was not present in his cabin. On enquiry, it was learnt, that the said officer was busy in a meeting with the Ward officer, in which the topic for discussion was "Prevention of Corruption in BMC" !! The complainant gave an intimation through a BMC Security Guard about his arrival, where upon the Security Officer came out, leaving the meeting with permission, and accepted bribe from the complainant!! He was trapped. 10. A complainant who is a hotelier and builder came to the ACB office and lodged a complaint of demand of bribe of Rs. 40, 000 by a Senior Police Inspector. During Pre - trap panchanama, the said Senior Inspector telephoned our complainant and demanded not only Rs. 40,000 but also a flat!. The complainant requested the officer to reduce the bribe amount, whereupon Inspector said " Paise Ka Baat Telephone Par Pe kar ke Mujhe Mar Do Ge Kya" ( By talking of money on the telephone, will you trap me ? ) The conversation was duly recorded by ACB officials. A trap was laid at the Police Station. He was, however, not present in his office chamber. The complainant approached his orderly, who rang up the officer at his residence. The Inspector told his orderly on telephone " Paise Jast Aahet, Lafda Nako, Room Madhye Thevu Nako, Baju Chya Dukandara Kade Thev " ( The money is large. I do not want any hassle. Don't keep it in the room. Keep it with the shop keeper next door. ) Accordingly, complainant handed over the bribe of Rs. 40, 000 to his orderly, who then kept that amount in the neighboring shop. The Senior Police Inspector, his orderly and the shop keeper were arrested.