The accused were identified as sub divisional engineer Sube Singh and junior engineer Shyamlal, both posted in Samalkha, and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Tikam Kumar.
Two engineers of the public health department and a police officer were caught red-handed accepting bribe to the tune of ₹1.28 lakh, in separate cases in Panipat and Gurugram respectively. The accused were identified as sub divisional engineer Sube Singh and junior engineer Shyamlal, both posted in Samalkha, and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Tikam Kumar. The three accused now face charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act. HTC
Two engineers of the public health department and a police officer were caught red-handed accepting bribe to the tune of ₹1.28 lakh, in separate cases in Panipat and Gurugram respectively. (Getty Images)
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SHO held for taking ₹50k bribe
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A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Karnal unit on Friday arrested a sub-inspector (SI)-rank policeman posted as the station house officer (SHO) allegedly while accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 in lieu of passing overload vehicles. As per the bureau official, the cop has been identified as SI Dharam Pal, who will be presented before a local court on Saturday, inspector Sachin Kumar of the ACB said. “A case was registered and our team arrested the accused red-handed from the police station and recovered the bribe money of ₹50,000,” he added.
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