Junior engineer arrested for accepting bribe in Assam

  • | Wednesday | 1st June, 2022

Guwahati, Jun1 (PTI) A junior engineer in Assam"s Director of Municipal Administration office here was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly taking a bribe from a contractor, police said.A complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption that the engineer, Debashis Das, had demanded Rs 50,000 as a bribe from the complainant for processing a file for sanctioning his work bill.Accordingly, a trap was laid near the office of the Director of Municipal Administration on Wednesday.Das was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the complainant.A search was also conducted at the junior engineer’s residence here and cash of Rs 3 lakh along with documents was seized.A case has been registered against Das under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and necessary legal actions are being initiated, a release issued by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption said. PTI DG MM MM


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