Vig nabs official on charge of accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Sep 20 2016 | 8:42 PM IST
Vigilance sleuths today arrested an upper division clerk on graft charge from Bihar's Arwal district, Vigilance department release said.
A Vigilance Investigation Bureau caught an upper division clerk Premchandra Tiwari posted with Circle office, Arwal, red handed while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh.
A flying squad team under Deputy Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar Singh raided and caught Tiwari red-handed while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh from his rented accomodation near Block Colony in Arwal.
The accused would be produced before a Special Vigilance Court (I) at Patna after interrogation, the release said.
Altogether 83 persons have been arrested in 76 trap cases laid by the Bureau so far in 2016.

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First Published: Sep 20 2016 | 8:42 PM IST

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