Vaikom CI on compulsory leave after accepting bribe via UPI app

Vigilance seized the phone and ATM card of Vaikom CI Shameer Khan on Friday, March 3, for accepting a bribe via Google Pay from a tipper lorry driver and an unauthorized sand dealer. The CI was found to have accepted the bribe using a SIM card registered to an Assamese national, which was used at the Vaikom Kanara Bank branch. Special Branch and the State Intelligence unit had previously reported the CI to the Home Department.