An office superintendent of South Eastern Coalfield limited (SECl) posted at Rajendra Colliery, Sohagpur in Shahdol district was arrested by Anti-Corruption bureau (ACB) of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs1 lakh.
The accused Jyoti Banerjee had demanded a bribe of Rs3 lakh from SECl operator Tulatam Prajapati for favouring him in a departmental enquiry, an official release said on Thursday.
A case was registered by the CBI on a written complaint by Prajapati. The accused had already taken Rs70,000 from the complainant and demanded remaining Rs2,30,000.
However, he managed only Rs1 lakh out of remaining bribe amount of Rs2,30,000. The accused, Jyoti Banerjee directed the complainant to pay the balance bribe amount in the evening at his residence. According, in the evening a trap was laid and accused, Jyoti Banerjee was caught red handed by demanding and accepting part bribe amount of Rs1,00,000 at his residence. Soon after the money exchanged hands, CBI officials caught him and seized the amount from his pant's left pocket following which he was arrested, it added. The agency will produce him in a court soon, it said, adding that further investigations were on.
Notably, On the basis of a written complaint dated November 17, 2015 lodged by Prajapati and subsequent verification thereof, CBI, ACB, Jabalpur registered a case under section 7 of the PC Act, 1988 on November 18, 2015 against Banerjee on the allegation of demand of bribe of Rs3 lakh by the accused public servant for showing favour to settle the matter of alleged Departmental Enquiry against the complainant. It is also alleged in the complaint that the said accused had earlier demanded and accepted part bribe amount of Rs70,000 and further demanding remaining bribe amount of Rs2,30,000. The verification of the complaint disclosed the specific demand of bribe of the remaining bribe amount and asked the complainant to arrange the same.