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GUWAHATI: Assam Police have registered a suo moto case against an additional superintendent of police (ASP) in Bongaigaon district for allegedly demanding a bribe from a jailed businessman.
Bongaigaon SP Swapnaneel Deka told TOI that police are investigating the case after an alleged audio clip surfaced on the local media a couple of days ago in which ASP Pankaj Kumar Kakati was heard demanding money from businessman Abdul Kader in lieu of extending a favour to him.
“We have lodged a case against the ASP under Section 384 (extortion) and Section 511 of the IPC. The audio clip was recorded in February or March by Kader, a coal trader, after a case was registered against him in connection with some illegal business activities,” he said. Kakati, an Assam Police Service officer, had allegedly sought a bribe to settle the case in favour of Kader, the SP said.