Vigilance team arrests 2 engineers at Sheohar accepting bribe

Arun Lata Sharma

Sitamarhi : A State Vigilance Investigation Bureau sleuths team from Patna headed by Deputy S P Maharaja Kanishk Kumar Singh on February 24, 2018, arrested two Building Construction Department (BCD) engineers including Executive Engineer Amarendra Kumar posted in Sheohar district in North Bihar accepting Rs 88,000 as bribe.

Acting on the complaint olodged by a contractor Ramesh Shankar Pandey against Executive Engineer Amarendra Kumar and Junior Engineer Vidyasagar, the Vigilance Bureau team led Deputy SP Kanishk Kumar Singh laid a trap and arrested the two engineers red handed by accepting bribe. The complainant had accused the two engineers of demanding bribe for payments against the bill he had submitted after construction of a hospital, said Bureau sources. The bill amount was Rs 50 lakh of which payment of Rs 30 lakh was pending.

At their office at Sheohar on February 24 morning, Amarendra Kumar was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 33,000 while Vidyasagar was caught red-handed taking Rs 55,000. The two arrested engineers were taken to Patna, added Bureau  sources.