BIKANER: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against a Head Constable attached to the Mukta Prasad Nagar Police Station for allegedly attempting to extort ₹50,000 from a citizen. The officer allegedly threatened to arrest the man and file a chargesheet against him unless he paid a bribe to settle a criminal case.
The case was officially registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) along with Section 308(2) (extortion by putting a person in fear of injury) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
The Complaint
The case originated from a handwritten complaint submitted on December 19, 2025, by 36-year-old Rohit Panwar, a resident of Mukta Prasad Nagar. Panwar revealed that a criminal case (FIR No. 255/2025) had been registered against him at the local police station. The Investigating Officer (IO) assigned to his case, Head Constable Ramkumar (Badge No. 3010), summoned him to the station on December 18.
Panwar alleged that Ramkumar detained him at the station for hours. The officer then demanded “expenses” totaling ₹50,000, promising that he would draft a Final Report (FR) to close the case permanently at the station level. If Panwar refused to comply, the officer threatened to send him to judicial custody and push the chargesheet through the courts. Panwar requested time to arrange the funds and immediately alerted the Bikaner ACB.
High-Drama Station Detention and Secret Recording
On the afternoon of December 19, 2025, Bikaner ACB Inspector Anand Mishra initiated a verification sting. Accompanied by ACB Head Constable Rajveer, Panwar was provided with a digital voice recorder (DVR) containing a sealed memory card.
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However, when Panwar arrived at the Mukta Prasad Nagar Police Station to record the negotiation, the situation spiraled out of control. Head Constable Ramkumar immediately forced Panwar to sit down, ordered him to power off his mobile phone, and began typing out an interrogation memo. Sensing that he was effectively being held hostage and unable to leave with the ACB’s recording equipment, Panwar managed to secretly call a trusted friend, Karni Singh, to the police station.
Using the pretext of grabbing a glass of water, Panwar slipped out to the entrance gate, surreptitiously handed the active digital recorder over to Karni Singh, and sent the ACB team his friend’s coordinates. Head Constable Ramkumar pursued Panwar outside, ordered him back into the room, and briefly questioned Singh before resuming his interrogation.
Singh, who later admitted to the ACB that he had been drinking earlier that day and preferred not to enter the station precinct, successfully delivered the audio device to ACB operative Rajveer waiting at a safe location nearby. Panwar was only released late that evening after his relatives found out about the detention and phoned the police station to intervene on his behalf.
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Audio Evidence Captured
An evaluation of the retrieved 1-hour and 37-minute audio log captured the extensive pressure tactics utilized by the investigator. On tape, the Head Constable could be heard telling Panwar that “the other party needs to be taken care of” and that if he paid ₹50,000, a settlement could be reached and a closure report filed.
To mask his own corrupt tracks, Ramkumar repeatedly layered his dialogue with statements such as:
“We don’t care about the money. Why would I talk about money? The other party is the one who needs to receive it.”
When Panwar resisted paying the sum, Ramkumar’s tone turned explicitly coercive, warning him on tape:
“We will lock you inside for the night and throw you in jail. We don’t have time to waste. The higher officers just told me to pull your case file; if he pays, well and good, otherwise chargesheet him and finish the matter.”
Case Ruled False; Head Constable Booked
A review of the case history revealed a final twist. The underlying case (FIR No. 255/2025) that Head Constable Ramkumar was using as leverage was eventually found by the department to be completely fabricated and baseless. An official Final Report categorizing the case as “False” (FR No. 236) was submitted to the local magistrate’s court on December 23, 2025.
The ACB concluded that Ramkumar actively weaponized a fake case file and utilized the threat of a jail cell to illegally demand money. Superintendent of Police (ACB) Piyush Dixit formally authorized the FIR on May 17, 2026. Inspector Pinki Gangwal of the Bikaner Special Unit has been appointed as the lead investigating officer to proceed with the trial preparations.