The Deputy Commissioner, Sales Tax, Dipak Brijpal who was caught red-handed by a team of Vigilance department on Tuesday night, was demanding a monthly installment of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant in lieu of uninterrupted flow of goods of his companies into the State capital.
The Additional Director General (ADG) Vigilance Ashok Kumar said that the complainant runs a transport company, ‘Prompt Co loading’ service and supplies the material of online trading companies-Flipkart and Armax from Delhi to Dehradun. Brijpal allegedly stopped three truckloads of the consignments at Asha rodi and
Kulhal barriers on May 17, 21 and 25. following which the complainant met the officer at his Asha Rodi check post office on May 26 and told him that he is doing a legitimate business and has all the papers of the goods transported. In this meeting Brijpal allegedly demanded that a monthly installment of Rs 1 lakh from the date of his joining Dehradun office in the month of August last year should be paid to him.
The complainant agreed to pay a sum of Rs 11 lakhs to Brijlal. It was decided that a sum of Rs 2 lakh would be paid to him on July 12 and the rest of the amount would be handed over in the three installments till the month of August.
ADG Ashok Kumar said that on the complaint of the transporter a verification was done and the complaint was found true. The Vigilance team laid trap on Vidhan Sabha road and
apprehended Brijlal when has accepting the bribe of Rs 2 lakhs on Tuesday night.
Following the arrest the house of the officer located in Anand legacy Shastrinagar, Dehradun was searched by the team of Vigilance department. A cash amount of Rs 1 lakh cash was confiscated from his home; besides passbooks of many banks, jewelry, insurance policy documents and papers of many plots were also recovered.
The ADG declared that the vigilance team involved in the trap would be felicitated. He said that people should come forward and register their complaints against the corrupt government officers without hesitation. The department is also active on facebook and can be approached on WhatsApp number-9456592300.