Junior Engineer trapped and arrested by Lokayukta officials for accepting bribe of Rs.1 lakh from consumer for official favour

Yogesh K Porwar

The Lokayukta officials on Wednesday arrested Junior Engineer red handed while accepting bribe from a consumer for an official favour.

The accused officer Prakash working with north sub division-2 at Vijaya Nagar had demanded Rs.2.5 lakh for re connection of electricity to a multi storeyed building .

Unable to pay the bribe a complaint has been filed and the officials laid a trap and arrested the accused was caught red handed while accepting cash of Rs.1 lakh.

Prakash has been booked under Prevention of Corruption act and further investigations are on.