Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) supervisor who was arrested on the charge of accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh was sent to Suddhowala jail after being presented in the court on Thursday. Police had recovered around Rs 7 lakhs, bank accounts and other property- related documents from his home. He is reported to be earning around Rs 20, 000 per month.
Vigilance team is working hard to arrest assistant engineer, MDDA, TP Nautiyal who had allegedly sent the supervisor to collect the bribe from complainant lakshmichand.
In his written complaint lodged with the vigilance Dehradun sector, the complainant said that MDDA officials had registered a complaint against him as he had recently started construction works within his own premises after he had secured a map from MDDA in 2013. Things happened after one of his neighbours had complained to MDDA regarding the construction works. The complainant had gone to MDDA office several times to present relevant documents related to the case, but the officials had told him that a report in his favour would be made only if he agreed to bribe the MDDA officials. Bribe amount was fixed at Rs five lakhs.
According to the complainant, as he had told the assistant engineer that he was in position to pay the bribe the latter had agreed to bring the amount down to Rs one lakh. A place was fixed where to pay the amount on Wednesday. Nautiyal had said that either he or supervisor Ajay Kumar would receive the money from him, as per the complaint. Acting on the complaint, vigilance inspector verified it and found it correct.
A team was formed. Two independent witnesses were also included in it. The members drafted a plan to trap them, the trap being monitored by DSP (Vigilance) Jaya Baloni.
Supervisor was caught red- handed while taking Rs one lakh as bribe from the complainant on Wednesday evening in the presence of two independent witnesses. A raid was also conducted by the vigilance team in the house of supervisor and around Rs seven lakhs were recovered from his home.
A case under appropriate sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered against the accused in Dehradun sector vigilance. Ashok Kumar, additional director general of police and director (vigilance), has announced reward for the team members for cracking the case.