Vigilance nabs MNREGA programme officer accepting bribe

Vigilance sleuths today arrested a MNREGA programme officer on graft charge from Bihar's Nawada district, a vigilance department release said.
The vigilance investigation bureau caught one Nitish Kumar Sinha, MNREGA programme officer posted at Pakribarawan block of Nawada district, red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 for sanctioning earth filling work under MNREGA scheme.
One Ramashish Yadav, a resident of Belkhunda village under Dhamaul police station of Nawada district, had lodged a complaint with the vigilance department that the MNREGA programme officer was demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 for sanctioning earth filling work MNREGA scheme, the release said.

The allegations were found to be correct during the verification carried out by the Bureau, it said.
A team was constituted under Deputy Superintendent of Police Paras Nath Singh who raided and caught Nitish Kumar Sinha red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the block office in the district.
The accused will be produced before a Special Vigilance Court at Patna after interrogation, the release said.