Guwahati: The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption cell of Assam police on Friday arrested two Irrigation Department officials in Goalpara for taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.
A spokesman of Assam Police said that a complaint was received that Executive Engineer Akbar Ali had demanded Rs 80,000 as a bribe from the complainant for allotting him work worth Rs 10 lakh for flood damage repairing work.
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Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for taking necessary legal action against the engineer.
Accordingly, a trap was laid by a team of the Directorate and Assam police and caught Ali red-handed along with Jagadish Rabha, Head Assistant of the Irrigation Department.
A case has been registered against both the accused.
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