Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Ex-Mumbai Cop Convicted in 2016 Graft Case; Receives Four-Year Sentence
A former police officer named Suresh Naik has been found guilty of taking a bribe.
He was caught asking for money to help a man in a separate case.
The court decided he broke the rules by doing this and tarnished the image of public service.
Even though he helped solve many other crimes, the court gave him the minimum prison sentence of four years and fined him.
The man who gave the bribe was also involved in a case, and the police officer wanted money from him.
The court heard from witnesses, and the money collected from the police officer was given back to the state.
Former API Suresh Naik convicted in a 2016 corruption case.
Naik was found guilty of demanding and accepting a bribe.
The court imposed a four-year prison sentence and a Rs 1 lakh fine.
The case involved Naik taking a bribe from Ramkrishna Kute.
Naik was the investigating officer in a separate corruption case.
- Who
- Suresh Naik, a former Assistant Police Inspector.
- What
- Was convicted for corruption and accepting a bribe.
- When
- The crime occurred in 2016; the court announced the verdict recently.
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Why
- Naik demanded a bribe to show undue favor in an investigation.
- Defendant
- Suresh Naik, former Assistant Police Inspector
- Crime Committed
- Corruption, accepting bribe
- Victim
- Ramkrishna Kute
- Sentence
- Four years rigorous imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 1 lakh
- Year of Crime
- 2016
- Amount of Bribe Demanded
- Rs 5.3 lakh