Wednesday, The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (V&AC) wing of Assam Police caught another government official accepting bribe from a complainant and arrested the accused public servant.
An assistant engineer of the Irrigation Department from Suklai Serfang Goreswar Division (Irrigation) of Baksa, Assam was arrested by the team of V&AC.
According to the reports, the government official demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant for issuing a work order after being awarded a contract in the Irrigation Division. Later, the bribe amount was reduced to Rs 25,000 by the accused.
Also the team reported about recovering the bribe from the possession of the accused public servant.
