India News | Rajasthan: Public Health Engineering Department Official Arrested for Taking Bribe
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An assistant engineer of the Rajasthan government's Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) was on Thursday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 90,000, officials said.
Jaipur, Jan 13 (PTI) An assistant engineer of the Rajasthan government's Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) was on Thursday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 90,000, officials said.
Posted in Nagaur district's Makrana, accused Sitaram Yadav had demanded Rs 1 lakh from a contractor for clearing his payment related to Rs 10-lakh work, the ACB said in a statement.
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Acting on the complaint, a team of ACB in Pali district caught Yadav red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 90,000, it said.
A case has been registered against Yadav under the Prevention of Corruption Act and further investigation is being done, it said.
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