Dubai: A first corporal in Dubai Police's Interpol Section has denied accepting a Range Rover car as a bribe from a businessman who was checking on his extradition request over an alleged murder in India.
Prosecutors charged the 27-year-old Emirati first corporal, Y.S., with accepting a bribe from the 42-year-old Indian businessman, J.M., who was accused of bribing a government employee.
When the suspects appeared at the Dubai Court of First Instance yesterday, they pleaded not guilty before Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout. "I didn't take any bribe, but I bought the car from him," contended Y.S.
Meanwhile J.M. said that he offered to sell his 2008 Range Rover to Y.S.
"I handed him the car for trading purposes and not to gain information," he said.
An Emirati police major testified that an informant alerted them that Y.S. allegedly used J.M.'s Range Rover for three months.
Investigation
He said the informant told police that the corporal was following up on J.M.'s extradition request at Dubai Public Prosecution.
He continued: "Preliminary investigations showed that the Indian gave his car to the first corporal to use it and keep on updating him with information about the Indian authorities' extradition request…"
Violation
He said Y.S. violated bylaws and verbal orders prohibiting communicating with extradition suspects.
"He shouldn't have agreed to use J.M.'s vehicle. Y.S.'s claim that he took the car for trial to buy it later was untrue because he used it for three months," claimed the major in his prosecution statement.
The court reconvenes on June 8 to hear prosecution witnesses.
