Sub-Engineer arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 12,000

Lokayukta Police today arrested a sub-engineer of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) for allegedly accepting a bribe for Rs 12,000 from a contractor, an official said.

Chandra Kant Kumawat had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the contractor to release latter’s bills amounting to Rs
8.40 lakh, the official said.

Kumawat was trapped when he was accepting a part of the bribe money, he said, adding a case under Prevention of
Corruption Act was filed against the sub-engineer.

———————PTI