<p>A towing staffer was caught on Tuesday taking a bribe of Rs 800 for releasing a scooter without the stipulated fine, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) said. </p>.<p>Siddegowda, a member of the towing staff attached to the Jayanagar traffic police station, had allegedly demanded the bribe from a Malleswaram resident whose scooter was towed from outside a restaurant in JP Nagar on September 25. </p>.<p>The scooter owner went to the towing parking lot and requested the staff to release his vehicle. Siddegowda asked him to pay Rs 800 instead of the government-stipulated fine of Rs 1,150. The scooter owner instead complained to the ACB, which reportedly caught Siddegowda red-handed on Tuesday morning. </p>.<p>An ACB official said Siddegowda was a “small fish” in the big pond of towing scam and suspected that his colleagues and police officers were also involved. </p>
<p>A towing staffer was caught on Tuesday taking a bribe of Rs 800 for releasing a scooter without the stipulated fine, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) said. </p>.<p>Siddegowda, a member of the towing staff attached to the Jayanagar traffic police station, had allegedly demanded the bribe from a Malleswaram resident whose scooter was towed from outside a restaurant in JP Nagar on September 25. </p>.<p>The scooter owner went to the towing parking lot and requested the staff to release his vehicle. Siddegowda asked him to pay Rs 800 instead of the government-stipulated fine of Rs 1,150. The scooter owner instead complained to the ACB, which reportedly caught Siddegowda red-handed on Tuesday morning. </p>.<p>An ACB official said Siddegowda was a “small fish” in the big pond of towing scam and suspected that his colleagues and police officers were also involved. </p>
