Chandigarh, July 24
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested Punjab Police DSP Raka Gira while she was accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh at her Sector 15 residence here. The CBI also recovered Rs 1 crore cash, jewellery and some property-related documents from her residence.

This is the second case within a fortnight when the CBI has arrested a senior Punjab Police officer in a corruption case. On July 12, the CBI had arrested Punjab AIG PS Sandhu while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.

The CBI officials said they acted on a complaint by a Mohali-based builder Krishan Malhotra. He has cases registered against him by the Punjab Police and Raka Gira was probing two of the cases. The CBI sources said the deal was initially struck for Rs 2 lakh for conducting inquiries in Malhotra’s favour. She was arrested while accepting the first instalment of Rs 1 lakh.

Gira was recently transferred from the post of DSP (city-I), Mohali, and at present she was attached with a recruitment rally in Ropar district. She had joined the Punjab Police in 1999 as an Inspector after the death of her husband Ranbir Singh, who was also serving the Punjab Police, on compassionate grounds. She will be produced in a CBI court of Ritu Tagore tomorrow.