GUWAHATI: A ‘corrupt’ Assam police officer has been dismissed from service.

This was informed by Assam director general of police (DGP) GP Singh.

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The officer to have been dismissed from service has been identified as Dhiraj Jyoti Namasudra.

He was serving as a police sub-inspector (SI) at the Gohpur police station in Bishwanath district of Assam.

Notably, Dhiraj Jyoti Namasudra was caught red-handed while accepting bribe by the sleuths of directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption on December 8 last year.

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“SI (UB) Dhiraj Jyoti Namasudra, of Biswanath DEF, who was arrestedโ€ฆ while accepting bribeโ€ฆ has been awarded the major punishment – dismissal from service,” Assam DGP GP Singh said.