A police constable stationed at the Metropolitan Police Circle based in Suryabinayak Municipality-4, Dadhikot was caught red-handed while taking bribe from a service seeker on Thursday.

A team of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested Umesh Thapa with Rs 18,000 kickback from the service seeker to settle a complaint of motorbike accident.

Based on the information of the service seeker, Thapa was rounded up from Radheradhe of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality.