The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Bhopal branch on Friday caught an engineer of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghrahalaya (National Museum of Man) red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 from a individual.
Earlier, in a written complaint to the CBI, Kishore Hassani, a resident of the city, alleged that an engineer at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghrahalaya, Bhopal, had demanded a bribe of Rs 35,000 for awarding construction of share and pump house and others in the Sanghrahalaya. He had reportedly agreed to the demand and assured to give it on Friday in his office.
During the trap laid by CBI team, the accused was caught red-handed on Friday while demanding and accepting the bribe money from the complainant in presence of independent witnesses.The CBI registered a case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act 1988. later, a sleuth of the investigating agency also conducted raids at the office and residential premises of the accused.Meanwhile, a Special Judge of CBI, Bhopal, on Friday sentenced a Sub-divisional inspector of Postal department of Bareli in Raisen district Kamta Prasad Sayalwar to two years’ rigorous imprisonment along with Rs 5,000 as fine under section 7 of the PC Act for graft.
The officer also was sentenced for three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 was imposed under Sections 13of PC Act.
It may be mentioned that the CBI, Bhopal Branch had on March 15, 2011 registered a case against Kamta Prasad Sayalwar under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the PC Act, 1988, on the allegation that Sayalwar demanded a bribe of Rs 5000- from the complainant Sunderlal lodhi for releasing files relating to Exgratia Gratuity, Group Insurance Scheme, Severance and other allowance of the complainant to Vidisha after verifying and processing the documents for payments. KP Sayalwar was caught red handed while accepting the same on March 16, 2011.