Chandigarh, April 1 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a head constable posted as beat in-charge in Sector-26 police station for allegedly accepting a Rs.6,000 bribe from a vendor in the Sector-26 vegetable market.

The accused, identified as Sunil Rao, was caught red-handed during a trap laid by the CBI near a public toilet in the mandi on Tuesday. The agency recovered the bribe amount from his possession.

According to officials, Rao had allegedly been collecting illegal weekly payments from vendors operating unauthorised street carts in the market for a considerable period. The matter came to light after a complaint was filed by Ravi Shankar, a resident of Baltana, who sets up fruit carts in the mandi.

In his co...