MP couple jailed for bribery
Wednesday - July 18, 2018 2:32 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Jabalpur July 18 (IANS) A District Court here has jailed a woman revenue Officer and her husband for four years and fined them Rs 4 000 each.
Lokayukta Special Prosecutor Prashant Shukla said on Wednesday: "On January 13 2016 Vipin Pandey had registered a complaint with the Lokayukta that the revenue officer Sangeeta Usrethe asked for a Rs 3 000 bribe when he asked her to complete the documentation of his land papers."
A Lokayukta team then sent a decoy to Usrethe s house. While the revenue officer refused to "touch bribery money" she asked for it to be handed over to her husband.
A case was then lodged against the couple and the bribery money was recovered.
--IANS hindi-mag/vm
Lokayukta Special Prosecutor Prashant Shukla said on Wednesday: "On January 13 2016 Vipin Pandey had registered a complaint with the Lokayukta that the revenue officer Sangeeta Usrethe asked for a Rs 3 000 bribe when he asked her to complete the documentation of his land papers."
A Lokayukta team then sent a decoy to Usrethe s house. While the revenue officer refused to "touch bribery money" she asked for it to be handed over to her husband.
A case was then lodged against the couple and the bribery money was recovered.
--IANS hindi-mag/vm
