Assam: PHE engineer arrested in Guwahati for bribery, cash recovered

Guwahati: The sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (VAC) of Assam police arrested a senior Public Health Engineering (PHE) department official on Monday for accepting a bribe.

Jayanta Goswami, an Executive Engineer working under the Superintending Engineer (PHE) of the North Lakhimpur Circle, was caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs. 20,000 from a complainant at Hengrabari in Guwahati.

Today @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed Jayanta Goswami, Executive Engineer (PHE), O/O Superintending Engineer (PHE), North Lakhimpur Circle, after he accepted Rs. 20,000/- as bribe from the complainant at Hengrabari, Guwahati for payment of bills.@assampolice @surendrakr_ips

— Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam (@DIR_VAC_ASSAM) May 13, 2024

The complainant had approached the VAC after Goswami allegedly demanded the bribe in exchange for clearing pending bills. The VAC team then laid a trap, leading to Goswami’s arrest.

Ref: (Trap of Jayanta Goswami, Executive Engineer, PHE)
During search of his house at Hengrabari, Guwahati, cash Rs. 79,87,500/- (seventy nine lac, eighty seven thousand and five hundred ) has been recovered and seized by a team of @DIR_VAC_ASSAM.@assampolice @surendrakr_ips pic.twitter.com/btE9OBzFKJ

— Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam (@DIR_VAC_ASSAM) May 13, 2024

A search of Goswami’s residence in Hengrabari unearthed additional cash amounting to Rs. 79,87,500. The VAC has seized this amount for further investigation.