Madhya Pradesh Engineer Nabbed in Bribery Scandal

A female assistant engineer in Madhya Pradesh's PHE department, Nidhi Mishra, was caught taking a bribe of Rs 60,000. The anti-graft agency apprehended her for demanding money to clear pending bills related to the Jal Jeevan Mission. An investigation under the Prevention of Corruption Act is ongoing.

The anti-corruption wing of Madhya Pradesh's Lokayukta department captured an assistant engineer, Nidhi Mishra, accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 from a contractor in her office on Wednesday.

Acting on specific intelligence, officers set a trap that led to Mishra’s arrest while she was demanding and accepting illegal payments to settle the contractor's pending bills for work done under the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2020. Lokayukta DSP Rajesh Pathak briefed the media on the incident.

Pathak revealed that the engineer solicited the bribe to account for a delay in project completion and was also allegedly collecting on behalf of her seniors. A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, with further investigations underway.