IEP Chandigarh, March 10
Anti Corruption Bureau, Haryana has caught three officials including two engineers and a police officer from district Panipat and Gurugram red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 1.28 lakh. These officers, who were caught taking money, include Sub Divisional Engineer and Junior Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department and an ASI of Haryana Police.While giving this information here today, a spokesperson of the Anti Corruption Bureau said that in the first case, the Bureau has arrested Sub Divisional Engineer Sube Singh and Junior Engineer Shyamlal, posted in the Public Health Engineering Department, Samalkha, red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 1.20 lakh. Both the above engineers had demanded bribes in lieu of passing the pending bills of a contractor.While complaining to the bureau, the complainant contractor informed that the SDE and JE are demanding money in lieu of releasing the pending bills of tender works of village Behrampur, Pasina Khurd, Shimla Gujran, Matroli and Haldana of Panipat. Acting on the complaint, the bureau team nabbed both the accused taking Rs 1,20,000.In another case, after receiving a complaint against an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Haryana Police demanding illegal gratification of Rs 8,000 in lieu of non-registration of a case FIR against the complainant, the Anti Corruption Bureau team arrested the accused, police officer Tikam Kumar posted at Sector-9 Police Station, Gurugram red-handed accepting bribe.A case has been registered against the three accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act and further investigation is underway.
