ACB in Daltonganj on Friday arrested Palamu district welfare officer Subhash Kumar and his office assistant Manoj Kumar on charges of taking bribe worth 20,000 rupees in cash said ACB deputy superintendent of police cum officer in charge of ACB divisional office in Daltonganj KN Ram. Ram said ACB sleuths later conducted a search in the house of Subhash Kumar where they recovered Rs 2,83,000 in cash.
Ram said one Uma Shankar Baiga had complained that district welfare officer Subhash Kumar was pressing for a bribe of rupees 20,000 in respect of a 12 lakh worth scheme of Dhoomkuriya a kind of community hall of the tribal which Baiga was not ready to give at all. The district welfare officer and his assistant were caught red handed taking bribe in the office chamber of the district welfare officer reiterated Ram.