Screws tightened: Female jail warden arrested red-handed taking bribe of ten thousand rupees, asked for money in exchange for talking to female prisoner on phone

Symbolic photo of Anti Corruption Bureau.

The Anti Corruption Bureau has arrested a woman jail warden posted in the District Jail at Neemka while taking a bribe of Rs 10,000. The accused jail warden had demanded a bribe in exchange for getting a call out from a female prisoner lodged in the jail.

According to the information, Sector-2 resident Jitendra Dhankhar has an IT company in Noida. A case under section 306 was registered against Neha and the employee of this company in the GRP police station about 9 months ago. On which both were sent to jail in judicial custody by the court. Jitendra Dhankhar has come out on bail. While a woman named Neha is still lodged in the jail. She alleges that the female jail warden head constable Sudesh Kumari harasses the detainee Neha. Used to ask for money instead of talking on the phone for a long time. Neha told the whole thing to Jitendra Dhankhar from the jail itself and asked him to give 20 thousand rupees to the warden. Dhankhar talked to the lady warden and fixed the deal for 10,000. Jitendra Dhankhar gave this information to the Anti Corruption Bureau. On Sunday, a team led by DSP Meena Kumari of Anti-Corruption Bureau reached Neemka Jail. Complainant Jitendra called the lady head constable and called her out. As soon as the accused woman reached near the temple and took the bribe amount, the bureau arrested the woman jail warden as soon as she got the signal.