Trainee IPS officer Rahul Bansal accused of taking ₹1 crore bribe in first field posting
Rahul Bansal, a trainee IPS officer from the 2022-batch Chhattisgarh cadre, has been accused in an alleged ₹1 crore bribery case. The incident reportedly occurred during his first field posting in the Surguja district of Chhattisgarh. It is alleged that Bansal, along with two other police officers, took a bribe of ₹1 crore to hush up a cyber fraud investigation. According to the complainant, the bribe amount was paid in multiple instalments.