IEP Chandigarh, March 14
In Haryana’s Faridabad district, the team of Anti Corruption Bureau has caught a Meter Reader of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam for accepting illegal gratification of Rs 4000 in lieu of changing the tampered electricity meter.
While giving this information here today, a spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Bureau said that the ACB has initiated further action by registering a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the accused Meter Reader.
Balbir Singh, a resident of village Fatehpur, Faridabad, had given a complaint to the ACB stating that Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, meter reader Ravi Kumar, posted at Chainsa, Faridabad, was demanding bribe in lieu of changing the tampered electricity meter. The accused has already accepted Rs 11,000 for this work from the complainant. After verifying the facts, the bureau team conducted a raid and nabbed the accused meter reader Ravi Kumar red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs.4000.
The ACB team has recovered Rs 4000 from the accused and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him in ACB police station Faridabad.
