Chennai, February 3:A sub-divisional engineer of BSNL in Tamil Nadu was arrested by the CBI on the charge of accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a contractor for an official favour.
Pandian, Sub-Divisional Engineer of BSNL, in Harur (Dharmapuri district) had allegedly demanded the bribe from the cable contractor for a “condonation” letter to the General Manager’s office for clearing his bills, a CBI release here said today.
On a complaint from the contractor, the CBI “laid a trap” and apprehended Pandian as he was accepting the money at Harur yesterday.
He was produced before CBI Special court in Coimbatore which remanded him to judicial custody till February 17, the release added.
–PTI