Kannauj SI suspended for asking ‘5 kg potatoes’ as bribe

A sub-inspector of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh was suspended after it was found that he demanded a bribe in connection with resolving a case. The purported audio of the bribe relating to the case went viral and in it, SI Ramkripal is heard asking for ‘5 kg potatoes’.“In this case, the Superintendent of Police, Kannauj, suspended SI Ramkripal with immediate effect on August 7 after finding him guilty prima facie. Departmental proceedings have also been initiated against him,” the police said in a statement on their official handle on X (formerly Twitter). The SI was posted at the Bhawalpur Chapunna Chowki under the Saurikh police station. Kannauj SP Amit Kumar Anand ordered action against the SI immediately after about the issue. Ramkripal is the outpost in-charge. In the audio, a man, believed to be the SI, is heard asking the other to give 5 kg potatoes to him.However, the second person says he cannot give that many ‘potatoes.’ The two sides arrive at the final deal of ‘three kg potatoes.’A preliminary investigation found that the word ‘potato’ was used not for the vegetable itself, but as a code-word for bribe, an online English new channel reported.Kannauj CI Kamlesh Kumar has been ordered to probe into the case.



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