BDO, revenue employee held for accepting bribe
Patna:Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Monday arrested block development officer (BDO) Neelam Kumari and her driver Avinash Kumar from Lalganj block of Vaishali district for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
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The case is related to the
(PMAY) housing scheme.
DG of Vigilance, Jitendra Singh Gangwar, said, "The action was taken following a complaint filed by one Mithilesh Kumar Singh, a resident of Kartaha. Singh reported that after receiving the first instalment of Rs 40,000 under the housing scheme, the BDO's office demanded a bribe to process further payments."
After verifying the complaint, the vigilance team set up a trap.
The complainant was asked to give Rs 20,000 as a bribe, which was accepted by the driver Avinash Kumar on behalf of the BDO and placed on her table. The vigilance team immediately raided the office and recovered the marked currency notes.
In a separate operation on the same day, the VIB also arrested Girish Tiwari, a revenue employee from Lakdi Naviganj circle office in Siwan district, for accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000. The case involved a land ownership dispute where Tiwari demanded money to resolve the matter.
He was arrested from a private hotel, located 4 km from the Lakdi Naviganj circle office. After questioning the accused, they were presented before the special court, vigilance, in Muzaffarpur.
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