Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught six accused including – an Executive Engineer, Junior Engineer, a Police official, a Registry Clerk, Patwari, and a Computer Operator - in the last 24 hours while accepting and demanding bribes worth Rs 1.95 lacs in separate incidents.
A spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau on Saturday said that in the first case, Virender Cheema, Patwari Halka Naggal, Ambala was caught with Rs 25,000 bribe money. He had taken the bribe from the complainant in lieu of separation of land khewat. When the patwari demanded bribe, the complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau. After verifying the complaint, a team laid a trap and arrested him red-handed with the bribe money.
In another case, Vigilance Bureau arrested Registry Clerk Ved Parkash posted at the office of Sub-Tehsil Kadipur Gurugram while demanding Rs 80,000 bribe in lieu of mutual transfer of plots which are situated at village Hayatpur Gurugram.
In a separate case, a Bureau’s team caught Computer Operator Haryana Koshal Rozgar Nigam Chander Shekhar along with Naveen Kumar Yadav, XEN Irrigation Department while accepting bribe of Rs 5000 on the complaint of Anant Ram.
The accused Computer Operator who is working under Haryana Koshal Rozgar Nigam in the O/o Xen, Irrigation Gurugram was demanding a bribe Rs. 5000 from the complainant in lieu of helping for preparing a contractor license (Construction) of the complainant. Accused Chander Shaker was arrested while accepting of Rs. 5000 as bribe. Accused Naveen Kumar Yadav, Xen has also been arrested for demanding and earlier accepting Rs. 20,000 as a bribe in connection with the issuance of a contractor license (Construction).
In yet another case, a vigilance team arrested Mukesh, a Junior Engineer, Horticulture Wing Municipal Corporation, Gurugram while accepting Rs 60,000 bribe from the complainant in lieu of facilitating the bill payments which are pending with the Horticulture wing.
Similarly, Bureau’s team has arrested Head Constable Ajay Kumar posted in district Yamunanagar while accepting a bribe of Rs 5000 in lieu of completing the investigation process in an accident case registered at police station Radaur. A case has been registered against them at the respective police stations of the Bureau. Further investigation is underway.