Jaipur, Oct 28 A contractual employee posted at a panchayat samiti in Rajasthan’s Bundi district was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 70,000, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said.
The accused, Bhanupratap Singh, a junior technical assistant at Talera Panchayat Samiti, allegedly demanded the bribe for processing payments of bills related to works executed by the complainant.
ACB Director General Govind Gupta said the complainant approached the bureau after Singh demanded Rs 70,000 to clear the pending payments.
Following verification of the complaint, an ACB team laid a trap and caught Singh allegedly accepting the bribe.
The accused is being questioned, and further investigation is underway under the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said.
(PTI News)
