BSNL officer caught accepting Rs8,000 bribe in Maharashtra

A telecom officer was caught in Nashik, red-handed by sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau for accepting a bribe of Rs8,000 from a contractor, ACB officials said.

Haribhau Laxman, a junior officer with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was held yesterday taking the amount from a contractor to settle his bill for laying a few pole less network at Parner in Ahmednagar district, they said.

ACB laid a trap after contractor and complainant Premshankar Dubey approached them, officials said in a press release in Nashik.