The Vigilance department caught a broker, Sunny alias Telluram, resident of Roorkee (Haridwar), red-handed on Tuesday evening while he was accepting a bribe of `10,000 in Haridwar from an unemployed youth on the pretext of providing him a contractual job in SDRF through Uttarakhand Purv Sainik Kalyan Nigam limited (UPNl).
In his written complaint to Vigilance department (sector, Dehradun), the complainant stated that he had reached Dehradun-based UPNl office on January 8, seeking a contract job in SDRF through UPNl. He had met Sunny who was found standing outside UPNl office. Sunny allegedly took him into confidence while assuring him that, given his good connection with UPNl and SDRF officials, he would help him with completing registration in UPNl and with a contractual job in SDRF during Ardh Kumba Mela. He, however, asked him to pay rS20, 000, the complaint ran. Sunny had met the complainant at SDRF office, Haridwar on January 12.
SP Nivedita Kukreti said that they had first had the complaint verified with the help of Vigilance inspector lS lakshman. The team led by inspector Bhashkar lal Sah drafted a plan to trap the accused, she said. The accused was finally caught right in the act of taking the bribe and was arrested outside SDRF office in Haridwar. Two independent witnesses were also present during the arrest. Additional DGP Ashok Kumar and SP Kukreti announced cash reward to the team members for cracking the case.