Two public officials arrested while taking bribe

Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) sleuths today caught a woman observer working at Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) office and a revenue official at separate places in Bihar while accepting bribes.
In the first incident, the woman observer Sunita Singh was arrested from CDPO office at Kashichak in Nawada district allegedly while taking Rs 9,000 from one Sujata Kumari for signing documents related to purchase of food grains. The VIB team was led by DSP Mohammad Jamiruddin.
Similarly, another VIB team nabbed revenue official Chandra Shekhar Prasad working at Pusa circle in Samastipur district while allegedly accepting a graft of Rs 10,000 from one Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary for giving a receipt related to his land. Vigilance DSP Vijay Pratap Singh led the team in this case.

The Vigilance officials said in both the cases, the complaints were found to be true upon verification by sleuths and trap operations were conducted thereafter.
Both the arrested public officials are currently being interrogated and would be produced in a vigilance court later on.
The officials said VIB has conducted 46 traps in 2014 and 49 persons have been arrested during the raids.