Guwahati: The sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption of Assam police arrested a muster roll employee at the office of the Executive Engineer, PWD, Silchar in south Assam’s Cachar district for accepting a bribe, said officials.
The arrested person was identified as Sribash Ghosh, a muster roll employee in the office of the Executive Engineer, PWD, Silchar.
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Police said Ghosh was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe.
“A complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, alleging that Sribash Ghosh, Muster Roll Employee in the office of the Executive Engineer, PWRD, Silchar and Udharbond Territorial Road Division, demanded Rs 5,000 as a bribe from the complainant for processing the issue of labour license to the complainant,” said CPRO of Assam police, Rajib Saikia.
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As per reports, the complainant approached the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to take necessary legal action against the public servant.
“A trap was laid on Saturday (November 5) by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, in the premises of the office of the Executive Engineer, PWRD, Silchar and Udharbond Territorial Road Division. Sribash Ghosh was caught red-handed immediately after he accepted Rs 5,000 as a bribe from the complainant.
“The tainted bribe money was immediately recovered from his possession and accordingly seized in the presence of independent witnesses,” the Assam police CPRO said.
A case has been registered in ACB Police Station vide ACB P.S. Case No. 53/2022 U/S 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) against Sribash Ghosh.