The Station House Officer (SHO) of Lahore’s Shahdra Police was taken into custody after being caught in the act of extorting money from the complainant of a murder case.
Muhammad Gohar Nafees, Director General of Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), said Station House Officer Aamir Nazir Cheema took a Rs50,000 bribe from the complainant to arrest people nominated in the case.
He said the arrested police officer had asked the complainant for a bribe to the tune of Rs200,000.
The SHO has been arrested and a first information report (FIR) registered against him, the DG said.
Last year, the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab had caught a policeman red-handed for receiving a bribe from a woman.
