MP civic official held for taking bribe
Monday - September 18, 2017 2:32 pm ,
Category : BUSINESS
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh) Sep 18 (IANS) A municipal official was arrested here on Monday by the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Police while taking a bribe of Rs 25 000 from a peon an officer said.
Vijay Shankar Trivedi Chief Municipal Officer of Tikamgarh was caught red-handed at his official residence said J.P. Verma Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Lokayukta Police at Sagar.
He was released on personal bond later.
Trivedi had asked for a bribe of Rs 1 75 000 from Ram Prakash Bilgaiya a peon in the municipality to promote him. It was decided that the first instalment would be paid on Monday.
Bilgaiya informed the Lokayukta Police and Trivedi was caught in the act.
--IANS
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