: The Haryana vigilance bureau arrested a junior engineer of Haryana Sehari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and a patwari of the Revenue Department were caught red-handed while allegedly accepting bribes in separate incidents in Karnal on Wednesday.
They were arrested by a team of the vigilance bureau and the bribe money was recovered from both the accused. They have been booked under Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to a bureau official, the HSVP JE identified as Praduman was arrested red handed with ₹ 50,000 bribe. The accused was taking the bribe in lieu of issuing a completion certificate to the complainant. In another case, the accused Patwari identified as Harminder alias Prince posted Nigdhu in Karnal district was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹ 5,000.
He said that he has also been booked under the prevention of corruption Act.