Indore, Oct 22 Two persons were booked on Thursday in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly seeking and accepting a bribe from the superintendent of a government boys’ hostel to clear bills totalling Rs 2.30 lakh, a Lokayukta police official said.
Complainant Dhoom Singh Singad, superintendent of a government boys’ hostel at Semalia Badi village, had informed that a bribe of Rs 10,000 was being sought from him, following which a probe began, Inspector Ashutosh Mithas said.
“The salary bills of Rs 2.30 lakh pertained to the time when the complainant was under suspension in Jhabua district. A trap was laid and Pawan Singh Bilwal, a clerk posted in the block education office, was nabbed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. Bilwal was instructed to collect the money by Block Education Officer Jaynarayan Bairagi,” he said.
Bilwal and Bairage were booked under Prevention of Corruption Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita but have not been arrested, the official added.
(PTI News)
