The Special Police Establishment (SPE) of the lokayukta nabbed senior clerk of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) accepting Rs 10,000 cash to facilitate hike in salary of eight sanitation workers.
According to the lokayukta officials, the accused senior clerk Dhanraj Malviya was caught accepting bribe of Rs 10000 from sanitation worker Ramesh.
The victim along with his seven other sanitation workers provided Rs 1.5 lakh for increasing salary but the accused continued to ask for more money after which the victims lodged a complaint with the lokayukta.
On Wednesday at around 10 am when the accused was accepting bribe lokayukta officials but by the time officials reached he had kept the money inside his trousers and later his trousers and handkerchief were dipped in water and they turned red which confirmed the currency notes were provided by the victim.
The accused was taken to the principal NK Mandsaurwala where he checked the records and found that the salary was increased from Rs 3000 to Rs 5700 and after he found yhis, a departmental enquiry would be conducted against the accused.
The victim told that he along with seven sanitation workers had asked for increase in salary and increase was done from Rs 3000 to Rs 5700 but after the increase accused continued to demand for more money after which they lodged a complaint with lokayukta.
Interestingly doctor accompanied with the lokayukta team to provide treatment in case of medical emergency. A case was registered under Prevention of Corruption Act. Further investigation into the matter has been started.