India News | RPSC Employee Arrested in Bribery Case

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A government employee was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, an official said on Friday.

Jaipur, July 9 (PTI) A government employee was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, an official said on Friday.

The Rajasthan Public Service Commission's (RPSC) employee promised help to the complainant regarding the score in the interview for the Rajasthan Administrative Service, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General of Police (DGP) BL Soni said in a statement.

The accused, Sajjan Singh Gurjar, demanded a bribe of Rs 25 lakh for the same and was arrested on Friday after he accepted cash worth Rs 1 lakh and dummy currency notes of Rs 22 lakh from the complainant.

A case has been registered against Gurjar under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the DGP said, adding further investigation in the case was on.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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