Special Police Establishment (SPE) of lokayukta on Tuesday nabbed a lineman of State electricity department while accepting bribe of Rs 7,000 from a farmer. The accused is employee with Madhya Pradesh Central Region Power Distribution Company limited at Ayodhya Nagar.
lokayukta officials said that the accused Ramsamujh Yadav was caught-red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 7000 from the complainant in return of not filing any case or penalising him against the unauthorised use of electricity at his premises.
The complainant Thaan Singh owns farms near Narela Shankari and was found using electricity for irrigating his farms without obtaining proper connection from the company by the accused Ramsamujh Yadav and demanded Rs 40000 frm Singh which was provided but later he demanded Rs 8000 more and eventually agreed upon Rs 7000 and while accepting the money he was caught red-handed in Ayodhya Nagar.
The victim was harassed by the accused and used to visit his farms frequently and frustrated over the demands the complainant lodged a complaint with the lokayukta and after receiving the complaint trap was laid for the accused. On Tuesday the victim was told to provide Rs 7000 to the accused and while he was accepting bribe the lokayukta officials nabbed the accused red handed.
A case under Section 7 and 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered by the lokayukta. later, on receipt of a report from the lokayukta police, the power distribution company suspended the accused.