JAIPUR: A regional deputy director of the agriculture marketing department in Hanumangarh was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.
The accused, Subash Saharan, who also has the additional charge of secretary of Krishi Upaj Mandi of Ravatsar, had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh initially from the complainant to give a report in his favour to ensure he gets a subsidy from the agriculture marketing department.
Hemant Priyadarshi, the additional director general of ACB who has the additional charge of the bureau’s director general, said a person had lodged a complaint with ACB saying the Saharan had been demanding the bribe with the promise that he would make the report in a manner that the complainant gets a good grant from the department.
After the complaint was received, ACB sleuths verified it and then laid a trap on Friday. “As per the trap plans, the complainant visited the accused and handed him the bribe money, which were the marked currency notes of Rs 1 lakh. Our team immediately recovered the marked currency notes from the possession of the accused and arrested him. A case under appropriate sections of Prevention of Corruption Act was lodged against him,” said a senior ACB officer.
Soon after the arrest, searches were conducted at the residential and office premises of Saharan. Further details on the findings of the searches are awaited.
The accused, Subash Saharan, who also has the additional charge of secretary of Krishi Upaj Mandi of Ravatsar, had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh initially from the complainant to give a report in his favour to ensure he gets a subsidy from the agriculture marketing department.
Hemant Priyadarshi, the additional director general of ACB who has the additional charge of the bureau’s director general, said a person had lodged a complaint with ACB saying the Saharan had been demanding the bribe with the promise that he would make the report in a manner that the complainant gets a good grant from the department.
After the complaint was received, ACB sleuths verified it and then laid a trap on Friday. “As per the trap plans, the complainant visited the accused and handed him the bribe money, which were the marked currency notes of Rs 1 lakh. Our team immediately recovered the marked currency notes from the possession of the accused and arrested him. A case under appropriate sections of Prevention of Corruption Act was lodged against him,” said a senior ACB officer.
Soon after the arrest, searches were conducted at the residential and office premises of Saharan. Further details on the findings of the searches are awaited.
