# IPS trainee Rahul Bansal faces Rs 1 crore bribe charge 2026-08-12T18:33:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets IPS trainee Rahul Bansal, who once said he felt “very bad” paying a Rs 500 bribe for his brother’s birth certificate, now faces a complaint alleging he demanded and received Rs 1 crore to settle a cyber fraud case. The special CBI court in Delhi has sought an Action Taken Report from the Chhattisgarh DGP and the CBI director. The complainant claims two Rs 50 lakh payments were made through hawala channels in May 2026 and has submitted WhatsApp chats and call recordings as evidence. An old mock interview video in which Bansal criticised corruption has resurfaced, drawing sharp contrast with the current allegations. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - ndtv.com Tags: bribery allegation, CBI court, Chhattisgarh police, hawala, IPS officer corruption, mock interview Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ips-trainee-who-called-rs-500-bribe-very-bad-now-faces-rs-1-crore-charge/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ips-trainee-who-called-rs-500-bribe-very-bad-now-faces-rs-1-crore-charge/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.