4 Alwar civic staff arrested for bribery

Alwar: Unearthing a racket of corruption at the municipality of Behror town of Alwar, a team of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested four government officials including executive officer, a junior engineer, a revenue officer and one cashier of the Municipality, Behror for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 85,000.

The said amount was demanded in lieu of releasing an outstanding payment of the complaint for the development works he had completed. A private person has also been arrested in the case.

Director general of ACB, Alok Tripathi said that a complainant approached the ACB headquarters and stated that he had received work order for development works in the Behror municipal limit area. “The complainant added that the work given to him was completed on time and he was expecting payment of his dues of nearly Rs 12.50 lakh,” Tripathi added.

Thus, the group of officers including Manisha Yadav, the executive officer, Virendra Yadav the revenue officer, Sanjiv Sharma the revenue officer and cashier Yashoda Nandan Sharma demanded 8 percent of the total amounted bill as bribe. They were demanding this bribe in lieu of releasing the outstanding payment of the complainant.

Thus, under the direction of Additional Director General (ADG) ACB, Dinesh MN a trap was laid. Following the trap all these officers were arrested by the team of ACB. A private person was also arrested in this case. Further investigations in the case were on, officials added.