CBI arrests agriculture engineer for bribery

5 Dariya News

New Delhi 11-Aug-2015

The CBI on Tuesday arrested a junior engineer of the Delhi agriculture marketing board for accepting a bribe from a civil contractor for clearing his payment.Ashok Kumar was taken into custody after he accepted Rs.25,000 from the contractor.A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against Kumar for demanding Rs.30,000 from the contractor, who had executed civil work in Ghazipur Mandi in east Delhi."We laid a trap and arrested Kumar red handed while accepting Rs.25,000 from the contractor," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official sid.CBI personnel also searched the office and residential premises of the engineer, who will be produced before the designated court on Wednesday.