Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 23: An Executive Engineer of Rural Development Department was on Thursday arrested while is taking bribe for releasing payments for the work done under MGNREGA.
ACB in a statement said that Madan Lal, Executive Engineer, Rural Development Department, District Ramban was trapped and arrested for accepting bribe of ?4,000 for releasing payments for the work done under MGNREGA
Anti Corruption Bureau had received a complaint, wherein the complainant had alleged that Madan Lal, Executive Engineer, ural Development Department, District Ramban was demanding bribe of ?5,000 from complainant for releasing his payments for the work done under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in District Ramban.
On receipt of the complaint a discreet verification was conducted by Anti Corruption Bureau and on the basis of findings of the Enquiry Officer, prima facie, offences u/s 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (as amended in 2018) was found made out against the alleged accused person Madan Lal, Executive Engineer, Rural Development Department, District Ramban. Accordingly, case FIR was registered u/s 7 of the PC Act 1988 (as amended in 2018).
The agency said that during the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted, which laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Madan Lal Chadgal, Executive Engineer, Rural Development Department, District Ramban while demanding and accepting bribe of ?4,000/- from the complainant in his file. The accused was arrested on the spot by ACB team. Later, searches were also conducted at the premises/residence of the accused.
'Further investigation into the case is going on' ACB said. |
