The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Monday nabbed RK Gupta, superintendent engineer (SE), quality control, water supplies and sanitation department, posted at SAS Nagar, for allegedly taking a bribe of ₹1-lakh.
A VB spokesperson said the accused has been arrested on the complaint of Lakhpat Rai of Muktsar. The complainant had informed the VB that he was working with a government contractor, who had been allotted a tender to augment safe drinking water supply scheme in Khunan village of Kotbhai block of Muktsar district. The complainant further alleged that the SE demanded a bribe of ₹2-lakh to clear the pending bills and submit an inspection report and the deal has been struck at ₹1-lakh, the spokesperson said in a press release.
The spokesperson said that after preliminary investigation, the VB unit of Bathinda range laid a trap and the accused SE has been caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. The bribe money was also recovered by the VB team on the spot, he added. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at VB police station, Bathinda. Further investigation is under progress.