A BMC clerk posted at ward office of ward no 26 was nabbed by the Special Police Establishment of lokayukta while accepting a bribe of Rs10,000 on Wednesday. He was tasked to collect the property tax, whereas he demanded bribe for property tax and water supply connection.
According to the lokayukta sources, the accused clerk Sunil Maina is posted at the ward office of ward no 26 situated at Depot Square, near Jawahar Chowk and when the victim Narayan Singh Thakur approached him for the property tax and water supply connection he was asked to pay a bribe of Rs10000.
Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) clerk was caught red-handed by the lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs10000 on Wednesday.
The accused demanded bribe of Rs10000 for facilitating water supply connection and property tax however the victim decided to lodge a complaint with the lokayukta and filed it on February 23. On the receipt of the complaint lokayukta laid a trap for the accused and asked the victim to provide money to the accused on Wednesday and while he was accepting the bribe lokayukta officials nabbed him red-handed.
The victim Narayan Singh Thakur, a resident of Barkhedi Khurd approached the ward no 26 office for water supply connection and property tax and where he was demanded a bribe of Rs10000.
Meanwhile, complaints of the accused regarding the irregularities have been made with the BMC by in-charge of zone 6 Saroj Rakesh Jain and others but no heed was paid into the complaints.