Civil police officer sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment in bribery case

KOZHIKODE (KERALA): (Jan 31) A Vigilance court has sentenced a civil police officer to four years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for accepting a bribe after threatening to turn a woman into an accused in a criminal case.

The convict, Baiju M, a native of Ramanattukara, is a former civil police officer of Thenhipalam police station in Malappuram district and is currently working as a grade senior civil police officer at Vadanappally police station in Thrissur district.

According to the prosecution, a case was registered at Thenhipalam police station in 2017 against the complainant for allegedly forging documents.