Forest officer caught taking bribe from carpenter

The Lokayukta police today caught a deputy ranger of Forest Department while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from a carpenter, an official said.
Deputy Ranger Ashok Kumar Dubey was caught red-handed from Forest Department's Range office at Navlakha while accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from the carpenter Shakti Singh Gaur, who makes wooden toys, Deputy Superintendent (DSP) of Lokayukta Police, Dineshchandra Patel told PTI.
"Gaur is a small-time carpenter and earns his living by making wooden toys. He complained that Forest Department team had seized a small machine from his residence about eight days back charging him that he had no permission to use machine," he said.

The DSP said that Dubey had already taken an amount of Rs 5,000 from the carpenter and asking for Rs 3,000 more to settle the case.
On the carpenter's complaint, the Lokayukta police laid a trap and today caught Dubey while taking the bribe, Patel said.
A case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Dubey and further probe is on.