The Special Police Establishment-Lokayukta Ujjain caught a jail warder posted in Neemuch accepting bribe of Rs 3000 from a woman for other facilities including giving good food to the woman's husband serving jail.
In the raid the team has arrested a jail warder posted in Neemuch Jail red-handed taking a bribe of Rs 3000.
On March 8, a woman resident of Neemuch district had made a complaint to the Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta Ujjain.
During this, the woman had told that the constable posted at the jail, Girraj Singh Rajput, is demanding money for other facilities including giving good food to her husband in jail.
After receiving the complaint, on the instructions of Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta Anil Vishwakarma, the team led by Lokayukta Inspector Rajendra Verma reached Neemuch District Jail where Girraj Singh Rajput has been arrested red handed taking a bribe of Rs 3000 from the applicant in Neemuch district jail premises.
The complainant Mangala Devi Gurjar resident Neemuch had complained to the Lokayukta that her husband is lodged in Neemuch district jail. The husband was a patwari in the past, and in 2015, it was the Lokayukta who took action and trapped him and in 2021 he was sentenced by the special court. After which whenever the woman used to come to meet her husband, constable Girraj Singh Rajput used to demand money from the woman for meeting and providing facilities in jail. During this, Rs 4500 was given for convenience and Rs 300 for each meeting.