Special Establishment of Police (SPE) lokayukta on Monday caught a ward in-charge accepting a bribe of Rs8,000 for facilitating permission for marketing event and installing canopy in the city. In-charge of ward 45 JP Verma was caught accepting and demanding bribe of Rs8,000 from a dealer of Kirloskar Company for facilitating permission for canopy.
The complainant Akshay Dwivedi is a dealer of Kirloskar Company and with the aim to display and promote the products he wanted to install canopy and organise events in ward no 45. Dwivedi wanted to organise two-day marketing event in the ward which requires around Rs1,800 fee submission with the ward office.
For this purpose, he had gone to ward office of ward no 45 where ward in charge JP Verma demanded Rs10,000 for facilitating the permission process. He returned without paying the money and lodged a complaint with the lokayukta regarding the demand of bribe by Verma. After receiving the information lokayukta laid trap for the accused and asked the complainant to provide money on Monday evening and when the accused
was providing bribe lokayukta officials caught him red handed. Verma claimed that he has been framed and never demanded bribe from Dwivedi. JP Verma is father of Sanjay Verma, who is vice president of Youth Congress. A case under section 13 (1) (d) and 13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was registered against the accused and further investigation has been started.