Rajasthan
Power plant engineer held taking Rs 2,000 as bribe in Rajasthan | Jaipur News
KOTA: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) at Kota Rural arrested an executive engineer at Chabra Thermal Power Plant on Sunday after he was caught taking bribe of Rs 2,000 from a spapre parts contractor for sanctioning bills. The role of an assistant engineer of the plant has also surfaced in the matter and investigation by the ACB is underway, officials said.
The executive engineer, Shalendra Kumar, was arrested from his residence in Dadabari police station area of Kota city, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Kota Rural, Prerna Shekhawat said.
The engineer had demanded Rs 4,500, 1% of the billing amount, but had settled for Rs 2,000, which he took from the contractor, who lodged a complaint on Wednesday, ASP Shekhawat said.
An assistant engineer at the same plant is under the ACB lens as he had calculated the bribe amount as per the bills, the ASP further said.
A search at the arrested engineer’s house in Kota is under way, she added.
The executive engineer, Shalendra Kumar, was arrested from his residence in Dadabari police station area of Kota city, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Kota Rural, Prerna Shekhawat said.
The engineer had demanded Rs 4,500, 1% of the billing amount, but had settled for Rs 2,000, which he took from the contractor, who lodged a complaint on Wednesday, ASP Shekhawat said.
An assistant engineer at the same plant is under the ACB lens as he had calculated the bribe amount as per the bills, the ASP further said.
A search at the arrested engineer’s house in Kota is under way, she added.
