CBI arrests Jammu power corporation engineer in bribery case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a junior engineer of Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes, officials said.

It was alleged that the official demanded a bribe from the complainant for updating records of newly installed electricity metre and for not charging electricity bill at flat rate, they said.

The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 from the complainant, they said.

The agency conducted searches at the premises of the accused in Jammu.