Lucknow, March 29: A Block Development Officer (BDO) posted in Gonda has been arrested by a vigilance team for allegedly accepting bribe from a worker for payment of his labour charges, officials said here.
A vigilance team of Faizabad arrested BDO Gopinath Singh for allegedly accepting the bribe of Rs 12,000 yesterday for clearing labour charges of 50 workers, who had constructed a road in Nawabganj area, they said.
An kilometre-long road, sanctioned under MNREGS, was constructed at Rs 2.42 lakhs in which 50 workers had contributed, they said.
The vigilance team acted on complaint of a labour Rakeshwar Singh.
-Agencies