A suspended Goa police officer, arrested for alleged nexuswith a drug peddler, was today granted bail by a local court.
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) courtgranted conditional bail to former police sub-inspector Sunil Guddlar, who wascaught demanding bribe from a relative of Israeli drug peddler David Drihamalias Dudu.
The CBI is investigating the case as a part of the threedrug peddler-policemen nexus cases. Guddlar was arrested in October last year.
The court granted him bail on a surety of Rs one lakh, withthe condition that he would not interfere with the witnesses and also appearbefore CBI.
The bail was granted after the central agency failed to filethe charge sheet in the case.
The Goa bench of Bombay High Court had yesterday rejectedCBI's application seeking more time to file the charge sheet.
Guddlar was allegedly found hobnobbing with Dudu's sisterduring a sting operation, which caught him asking for a bribe to release herbrother.
Dudu is currently out on bail.
