Mine dept officials arrested for taking bribe

A senior engineer and a surveyor of the Mines Department were today arrested for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 from a mine owner in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district.

A team of Anti Corruption Bureau officials caught the engineer, Yogendra Singh, and surveyor Mohan Lal when they were accepting the bribe from mine owner Om Prakash for not registering a case against him for mines rules violation, ACB spokesperson said.

Further investigations are on into the mater, the spokesperson added.