ACB arrests Delhi Jal Board official for accepting bribe

Police said the accused first obtained a challan form from a court and then negotiated with the complainant to settle the issue. In this case, the challan amount was ₹1,000 and he demanded ₹10,000. Later, however, he settled for ₹5,000.

The anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Delhi Police on Friday arrested the reader of a city court judge for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 from a woman.

The man was identified as Rajender Gautam, reader to a special metropolitan magistrate of the Delhi Jal Board. (AP/Picture for representation)

The man was identified as Rajender Gautam, reader to a special metropolitan magistrate of the Delhi Jal Board.

Deputy commissioner of police (ACB) RK Singh said Gautam was caught red-handed accepting a bribe amount of ₹5,000 from the complainant Chameli Devi, a resident of Nangli Vihar in Najafgarh.

“The accused first obtained the challan form from a court and then negotiated with the complainant to settle the issue. In this case, the challan amount was ₹1,000 and he demanded ₹10,000.”

“Later, however, he settled for ₹5,000. A case has been registered against him and he was arrested,” Singh said.

There are three metropolitan magistrates in the Delhi Jal Board, who are appointed by the high court.

A Delhi Jal Board spokesperson said the board has not received any official communication from the ACB. “We will able to make a comment only if we receive official communication,” the spokesperson said.