Accounts Officer Arrested With Rs 5000 Cash, 8 kg Ghee As Bribe In Rajasthan

ASP Jagaram Meena posted with the Jhalawar unit of the ACB said that the accused Manoj Kumar Khinchi Assistant Accounts Officer, Office of Accountant General, Jaipur was arrested by the ACB team following a complaint by the owner of a gaushala owner accusing the officer of demanding the bribe in lieu of fair audit report of a 'gaushala'.

Jhalawar (Rajasthan): The Rajasthan Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested an Assistant Accounts Officer and recovered Rs 5000 cash and 8 kg desi ghee taken by him as bribe in lieu of fair audit report of a 'gaushala' in capital Jaipur.

Divulging further details into the case, ASP Jagaram Meena posted with the Jhalawar unit of the ACB said that the accused Manoj Kumar Khinchi Assistant Accounts Officer, Office of Accountant General, Jaipur was arrested by the ACB team on Wednesday following a complaint by the owner of a gaushala accusing the Accounts Officer of demanding Rs 25000 bribe money and 10 kg desi ghee for framing a fair audit report of the gaushala.

The complainant had complained that in lieu of not finding any deficiency in the records by the audit party that came to his Gaushala, the accused Manoj Kumar Khinchi Assistant Accounts Officer, Office of Accountant General, Jaipur, was harassing him by demanding the bribe money and 10 kg of Desi Ghee.

Acting on the complaint, the Jhalawar ACB team conducted a trap operation and arrested the accused Manoj Kumar Khinchi, Assistant Accountant, Office of Accountant General, Jaipur red handed while taking a bribe of Rs 5000 and 8 kg of desi ghee, ASP Meena said.

Pertinently, the Rajasthan ACB had in June this year, arrested Asha Kandara (Bhati), who was in the news after being selected in the subordinate service by passing the Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) exam while being a sweeper, red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 1.75 lakh in lieu of appointment as sweepers in the local municipality.