Forest dept clerk held for demanding Rs 2,500 as bribe in Bharuch

Surat | Thursday | 20th April, 2017

Summary:

Since he had retired on a lower pay scale, despite being in the higher bracket, he had asked Vasava to do the needful according to the government rules.For this, Vasava demanded Rs 5,000. It was decided that half the amount would be paid upfront and half after the work was done.On Wednesday Vasava, was trapped by team led by ACB Bharuch PI D Barot. Surat: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Bharuch arrested a clerk of Social Forestry department, accepting Rs 2,500 as bribe from an ex-employee to get him higher scale model pay on Wednesday evening.The accused was identified as Ratan Vasava (54) of Jhagadia taluka.According to case details, complainant in the case, an ex-employee of the social forestry department, who had retired..