Asst engineer arrested by ACB while accepting bribe

Assistant engineer Harvinder Kunkal was caught red-handed by sleuths of ACB while accepting a bribe. A case has been registered against Kunkal and he was arrested while accepting the bribe money from the contractor.

Jamshedpur: An assistant engineer in Majhgaon block office in West Singhbhum district was arrested by sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe from a contractor, ACB officials said.

Assistant engineer Harvinder Kunkal was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 4,000 as bribe in his office in Majhgaon on Friday, said Deepak Kumar Sinha, Superintendent of Police (ACB Kolhan Bureau) here.

Kunkal had demanded a bribe from the contractor for releasing his pending bill of Rs 1.50 lakh, the SP said.

The contractor had registered a complaint with the ACB, Kolhan Bureau in this regard and his allegation was found to be true in the verification conducted by ACB official.

Accordingly, a case was registered against Kunkal and he was arrested while accepting the bribe money from the contractor, the SP added.