Khadi Gram Udyog Board in-charge, computer operator held for graft

The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has registered two cases and arrested three persons, including the Khadi Gram Udyog Board in-charge and computer operator, for taking ₹30,000 bribe

The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has registered two cases and arrested three persons, including the Khadi Gram Udyog Board in-charge and computer operator, for taking ₹30,000 bribe. The spokesperson of the bureau said that in the first case, the accused Khadi Gram Udyog Board in-charge in Panipat, Anil Kumar, and computer operator Vijay Kumar were arrested for accepting ₹20,000 as a bribe in lieu of uploading the score card of the complainant on Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) portal to issue ₹25 lakh loan through the board for dairy business. Accused Anil Kumar also holds the additional charge of district Jind and Sonepat. In this regard, a case has been registered against them at the bureau’s police station in Karnal.

A spokesperson of the Haryana State Vigilance Bureau said the accused Khadi Gram Udyog Board in-charge in Panipat, Anil Kumar, and computer operator Vijay Kumar were arrested for accepting ₹20,000 as a bribe. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)

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