Accountant, middleman held for taking bribe

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Press Trust of India Bikaner (Raj)
Last Updated : Sep 18 2015 | 8:57 PM IST
An accountant of Urban Improvement Trust here and a middleman were today arrested by sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 60,000.
The accountant, Lal Chand Soni, had demanded Rs 60,000 as bribe from a contractor Vinod Kumar to clear his pending bills amounting to Rs 18 lakh, SP Mamta Bishnoi said.
Soni had asked the contractor to hand over the bribe amount to a middleman named Ashik at Ganganagar road, she said.
"Following a complaint by Kumar, the ACB team laid a trap and arrested the middleman while accepting the bribe. On his information, the accountant was caught from his office," she said.
A case has been registered and investigation is underway, the SP said.
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First Published: Sep 18 2015 | 8:57 PM IST

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