India, July 9 -- A team of the Haryana special vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (ACB) arrested an extended sub-inspector (ESI) on Tuesday for allegedly accepting a Rs.2 lakh bribe from a retired colleague to turn hostile in a criminal case registered against him, officials said on Wednesday.

The suspect was in charge of an emergency response vehicle team deployed under Chandhut Police Station in Palwal, officials said. An FIR under Section 7 (penalty for public servants who demand, accept or attempt to obtain bribes) of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered at the ACB police station in Faridabad before the trap was laid, they added.

The complainant, a retired extended assistant sub-inspector (EASI), had served at the Camp ...