The Special Police Establishment (SPE) of the Bhopal Lokayukta nabbed Revenue Inspector Jehangirabad who demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 10000 for providing No Objection certificate (NOC) for a land plot; Lokayuta trapped the accused officials near District Collector premises on Tuesday.
According to the Bhopal SP Lokayukta Manu Vyas, the accused is Revenue Inspector Jehangirabad Mishrilal Agrawal who demanded bribe of Rs 10000 from Sandeep Batham for providing NOC for his land plot.
The victim wanted to obtain NOC and had applied for the same, after which Agrawal demanded Rs 10000 on which victim lodged complaint with the Lokayukta.
On Tueday when the accused was accepting bribe Lokayukta officials at tea stall near Collector premises he was nabbed by the team lead by Lokayukta Inspector Mayuri Gaur.
Lokayukta officials told that Mishrilal was confident that Sandeep would provide bribe demanded by him and this was the reason that he had made the NOC of his plot. After taking the bribe, he gave the NOC, before the team trapped him.
The team will also investigate Mishrilal's bank accounts, assets. Here, senior officers of the Revenue Department will also take action against the corrupt official and after it is found against Agrawal, a departmental enquiry would be conducted against the accused. A case was registered under Prevention of Corruption Act. Further investigation into the matter has been started.