A vigilance team has arrested Kashipur assistant land consolidation officer Jaiveer Singh Chauhan on Thursday on the charge of accepting a bribe of `15,000 from a complainant. The accused had allegedly sought the bribe from the complainant against mutation regarding a land.
Earlier, the complainant registered a complaint in Vigilance Haldwani sector. He stated in his written complaint that the matter related to a plot of land (3.471 hectares) remaining in his grandmother’s name at Takiya in Kashipur.
As per the complaint, her grandmother had made a will, giving the land to her four grandsons in 2001. Registry of the land executed in 2001, his grandmother died in June 2016. The complainant said he had approached the assistant land consolidation officer Chauhan to have mutation of the land done with all necessary documents in July this year.
However, Chauhan allegedly demanded Rs 15, 000 to have the mutation done. The complainant said he had received the same treatment whenever he approached the officer. With things remaining the same, the complainant decided to throw the bait of bribe to have him exposed.
Accordingly, he agreed to pay the bribe. The date and place were fixed. Meanwhile, he approached Haldwani sector vigilance and registered a compliant over the same. Subsequently, Chauhan was caught red-handed while taking the bribe at his office in Kashipur by the vigilance team on Thursday.
A case under appropriate sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered against the accused in Dehradun sector vigilance. Ashok Kumar, director (vigilance), announced reward for the team members led by vigilance Haldwani sector for cracking the case.
ADGP Kumar said that in order to check corruption in the state, a toll free number – 1800-180-6666 has been set up and it is available for the people. People can also register complaint on What’s App number- 9456592300 if any government officials demand bribe against the works to be done, he added.