<table style="float: left; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_9132f5da-34e5-4bb1-8bc1-514ad59802e8.jpeg" data-filename="Bharatgiri Goswami ACB bribe.png" style="width: 100%;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;scale: 0.8;">Bharatgiri Goswami</td></tr></tbody></table><br><p style="text-align: left;">An unarmed assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Bharatgiri Goswami of Kheda-Nadiad police was caught today allegedly demanding a hefty bribe from a person wanting a police clearance certificate for a passport re-verification process.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The son of the complainant, who lives in the US, had recently lost his passport and had applied at the Indian embassy in the US to obtain a new one.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Subsequently, he required a police clearance certificate from India, that needed to be submitted to the embassy.</p><p style="text-align: left;">However, when his father approached the local investigation branch (LIB) of the superintendent of police (SP) office for the same, Goswami demanded a bribe of ₹40 lakh to issue the certificate.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After negotiations, the deal was set for ₹5 lakh to issue the certificate.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, the complainant contacted the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and informed them.</p><p style="text-align: left;">ACB Police Inspector (PI) S N Barot set up a trap at the complainant’s residence, where the accused was asked to collect the bribe.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Goswami was caught red-handed with the bribe money.</p>

An unarmed assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Bharatgiri Goswami of Kheda-Nadiad police was caught today allegedly demanding a hefty bribe from a person wanting a police clearance certificate for a passport re-verification process.

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