Govt official arrested on graft charges in Rajasthan

A government officer was arrested in Rajasthan's Baran district for allegedly taking a bribe from a family member of a deceased electricity department employee for verification of insurance claim papers, officials said Tuesday.

Rajesh Shrivastav, an assistant superintendent with the Indian postal department, was arrested by sleuths of the state anti-corruption bureau's Baran unit Monday evening, Additional Superintendent of Police, ACB, Rajendra Sigh Gogawat said.

The 48-year-old officer, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Balia district, had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 for verification of insurance policy papers of the deceased electricity department employee, he said.

The application for Rs 3 lakh insurance claim was filed by the deceased employee's son. He had died in August 2017, the officials said.

The son had filed a complaint with the bureau alleging that Shrivastav had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 for the verification of the insurance claim papers, they said.

The accused had taken the sum in two installments, the officials said, adding that a search of Shrivastav's house in Kota was also conducted.

Gogawat said a court sent the accused to jail on Tuesday.