Mangalampettai Inspector suspended for taking bribe

Inspector of Police of Mangalampettai police station in Cuddalore district is suspended for taking bribe
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The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Villupuram Range) Disha Mittal has ordered the suspension of Chandrasekharan, Inspector of Police of Mangalampettai police station in Cuddalore district for allegedly taking a bribe for not naming a suspect in a murder case.

Police sources said the Inspector had received ₹1.50 lakh from Manimaran, son of Subramanian, a Panchayat president for not including his name in a murder case reported in June.

Following complaints that the Inspector had carried out a perfunctory investigation in the case, a team conducted an enquiry and found that the Inspector had received bribe from the suspect for not including his name in the case.