KOTA: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested an assistant engineer (AEN) of Jaipur Vidhyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) posted at Kaithoon town of Kota district on Monday for accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from a local farmer for replacing a burnt transformer on his agriculture land.
Assistant engineer Dinesh Kholiya, a native of Gangapur city, was arrested from his office, said Chandrasheel Thakur, ASP, ACB.
Kholiya had demanded the amount from farmer Mohammad Hussain for replacing a burnt transformer.
The farmer approached ACB Kota and lodged a complaint against the AEN following which the verification of the complaint was carried out on August 19, he added. The AEN called the farmer with bribe amount on Monday afternoon at his office where ACB personnel arrested him.
Search operation by another ACB team led by Ramesh Arya is underway at the AEN’s residence at RPS Colony in Kishorepura in Kota. The AEN will be produced before ACB court in Kota on Tuesday.
Assistant engineer Dinesh Kholiya, a native of Gangapur city, was arrested from his office, said Chandrasheel Thakur, ASP, ACB.
Kholiya had demanded the amount from farmer Mohammad Hussain for replacing a burnt transformer.
The farmer approached ACB Kota and lodged a complaint against the AEN following which the verification of the complaint was carried out on August 19, he added. The AEN called the farmer with bribe amount on Monday afternoon at his office where ACB personnel arrested him.
Search operation by another ACB team led by Ramesh Arya is underway at the AEN’s residence at RPS Colony in Kishorepura in Kota. The AEN will be produced before ACB court in Kota on Tuesday.
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