Guwahati: Papori Mehta, a Senior Assistant of Agriculture Department, Janta Bhawan has been arrested for taking a bribe from a complainant in Guwahati.
She was posted in Agriculture Department, Janta Bhawan, Dispur, Assam, and caught red-handed by the team while she was accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000/- from the complainant.
On the basis of a complaint alleging demand of bribe, a trap was laid in Athgaon Guwahati on 10th February 2022 by a team of Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption arrested her while taking the bribe.
At around 10.45 am Papori was caught red-handed by the team while she was accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000 from the complainant.
As per an official notification issued by the Directorate of Vigilance Anti-Corruption, Assam Papori had demanded a bribe of Rs.100000from the complainant for processing her proposal for appointment on compassionate ground in Agriculture Department.
The husband of the complainant who was a Government Driver in the Agriculture Department had died and the complainant had applied for an appointment on compassionate ground.
The accused public servant had agreed to receive the first installment and accordingly she had asked the complainant to come to Athgaon, Guwahati on 10th Feb. 2022 for handing over the demanded bribe money.
The tainted bribe money was recovered from the possession of Papori Mehta in presence of independent witnesses.
A case has been registered on Thursday in Anti-Corruption Bureau Police Station vide ACB PS case No.04 /2022 U/S 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act against Papori Mehta.
The apprehended accused person has been brought to the ACB Police Station for further action as per law. The investigation of the case is underway.