Haryana power discom SDO, JE among three held for graft

Haryana state vigilance bureau has arrested an SDO, a JE and another employee of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam red-handed for taking a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a farmer

Haryana state vigilance bureau has arrested a sub-divisional officer (SDO), a junior engineer (JE) and another employee of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam red-handed for taking a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a farmer.

Acting on the complaint, a team of the bureau managed to catch them red-handed and ₹1 lakh was also recovered from them from Nissing office of the UHBVN. (Image for representational purpose)

The accused are Nissing SDO Manish Lamba, JE Pawan Kumar and driver Ved Parkash.

Vigilance bureau inspector Sachin Kumar said that a farmer had filed a complaint alleging that the officials were demanding a bribe of ₹4.5 lakh for shifting a high-voltage electricity line from their fields. The farmer alleged that he had already paid them ₹3.5 lakh and now, they were demanding ₹1 lakh for the pending work, he added.

Acting on the complaint, a team of the bureau managed to catch them red-handed and ₹1 lakh was also recovered from them from Nissing office of the UHBVN.

He said that a case under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against them and they will be produced in a court.