Two civic staffers in MP caught taking Rs 2 lakh bribe

Lokayukta sleuths have caught a sub-engineer and another employee of a civic body in Madhya Pradeshs Raisen district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a private company, an official said.

Lokayukta sleuths have caught a sub-engineer and another employee of a civic body in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a private company, an official said. The duo, posted in the Udaipura Municipal Council, had allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from the firm in exchange for releasing its security deposit and issuing a work-experience certificate for a road construction project. The company later approached the Lokyaukta police, who laid a trap and caught the duo red-handed taking Rs 2 lakh bribe from a representative of the firm at a market in Bhopal on Tuesday, the official said. A case was registered against them under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the official added.