Assistant Grade -II employee posted at Gandhi Medical College (GMC) was caught red-handed by lokayukta police while taking Rs 1500 for clearance of medical bill on Friday.
Deepak Ahuja was nabbed by lokayukta police while accepting bribe of Rs 1500 from Ashok Shrivastava.
Earlier the accused had demanded Rs 1500 from Shrivastava who produced a medical bill for clearance.
The accused initially resorted to excuses for evading the clearance of the bill and after several rounds of the office the victim was not provided with the clearance of the medical bill and the accused demanded Rs 1500 for clearance of the medical bill.
The victim lodged a complaint with the lokayukta and based on the complaint, the police laid a trap for the government employee.
The victim was asked to provide bribe to the accused and while accepting bribe, he was nabbed by the police.
A case under section 13(1) (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused.
Meanwhile, an assistant engineer posted with MPSEB has been with sentenced with three years of imprisonment and fined Rs 3000 by court for accepting bribe of Rs 10000 in the year 2011.
According to the lokayukta officials in the year 2011 Tahir Baksh got an inflated electricity bill and approached MPSEB office for the correction in the bill but his grievances were not heard.
A case under section 7 and 13(1)(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act were registered against the accused and during the investigation the charges against the accused were found true and during the final hearing on Friday.