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ACB sleuths arrest gram sevak for taking bribe in Jodhpur

The complainant had got the sanction of toilet construction in his wife’s name

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The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested an LDC cum gram sevak of a gram panchayat red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs15,000 from a villager for releasing the last instalment towards the toilet which he had constructed in his house.

The complainant had got the sanction of toilet construction in his wife’s name.

DCP(ACB) Jagdish Soni said that the ACB had received a complaint from one Kumbharam of Khudiyala gram panchayat under Balesar panchayat samiti of Jodhpur, that he had applied for toilet construction in his house.

“He had been already issued two instalments of Rs17,500 and Rs 43,000 deposited direct in his account by the gram panchayat”, said Soni. When he approached the LDC for the gram panchayat, Mohanlal Paliwal, who also has been having the charge of gram sevak in his absence, demanded Rs15,000 from Kumbharam for releasing the last instalment of Rs 23,000 for completion of the toilet construction.

Kumbharam complained to the ACB against Paliwal and on verification of the complaint, the ACB found it to be true.

“On Wednesday, we sent him with the money to the LDC at the Panchayat Bhawan. When he offered money to the LDC, he took him to the tea stall adjacent the Panchayat Bhawan”, said Soni.

The ACB sleuths, who had been lying in waiting there, caught Paliwal the moment he accepted money from Kumbharam and arrested him with money.

DEMANDED Rs 15K TO RELEASE INSTALMENT

The ACB had received a complaint from one Kumbharam that he had applied for toilet construction in his house.“He had been already issued two installments of Rs17,500 and Rs 43,000 deposited direct in his account by the gram panchayat”, said Soni.When he approached the LDC for the gram panchayat, he demanded Rs15,000 from Kumbharam for releasing the last instalment.

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