Continuing its drive against corrupt officials in the State Government, the Anti Corruption Bureau on Friday arrested three more persons from Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Palamu making a total of 118 trappings this year. ACB officials said that Sub-Inspector Rambacchan Baitha had been demanding Rs 10,000 as bribe from the complainant in a fraud related case.
The officials who were arrested include Sub-Inspector Rambacchan Baitha from Ranchi, Food Inspector Sanjay Kumar from Ranchi and Head Clerk in Patan Circle Office Ranjay Kumar Singh from Palamu.
“The complainant Tilaksuti Ravidas had approached the ACB in Ranchi after Baitha demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 after which he was arrested red handed today while taking Rs 5,000 at Itki Police Station,” said ACB SP Manoj Kumar Singh.
The bribe was demanded by the SI for arresting the accused Rajendra Tiwari in a case related to fraud at Itki Police Station in which Baitha had been appointed investigating officer, he added.
Meanwhile, in another successful trapping, the ACB on Friday also arrested a Head Clerk of Patan Circle Office in Palamu taking a bribe of Rs 5000 from a retired person Akhtar Hussain in lieu of giving him his retirement benefits.
Food Inspector Sanjay Kumar Singh was also arrested red handed in Hazaribagh for taking a bribe of Rs 4500 from the complainant Moti Rajak, who had been trying to get a license to run a chicken shop in Ambedkar Nagar area in Hazaribagh. The Food Inspector was arrested as soon as he took the bribe from Rajak at his shop.
Intensifying its drive against the corrupt officials, the ACB has been arresting them regularly and completed its 100th catch by September 13, highest in the last 16 years, during which 110 persons were sent to jail.