Vigilance nabs accountant accepting bribe

Vigilance sleuths today arrested an accountant on graft charges from Bihar's Darbhanga district, a Vigilance department release said.
The Vigilance Investigation Bureau caught one Shambhu Kumar, an accountant in MNREGA office posted at Sadar block in Darbhanga district, while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 for payment of wages to the MNREGA labourers in their bank accounts.
One Irshad Alam, a resident of Sundarpur village under Sadar block in Darbhanga district had lodged a complaint with the Vigilance department that the accountant with MNREGA office at the block was demanding a bribe of Rs 15,000 for making payment of wages to the MNREGA labourers, the release said.

The allegations were found to be correct during the verification carried out by the Bureau, it said.
A flying squad team was constituted under Deputy Superintendent of Police, Maharaja Kanishk Kumar and team raided and caught Shambhu Kumar red-handed.
Altogether 17 persons have been arrested in 15 trap cases laid by the Bureau so far in 2017.