Govt Official in Madhya Pradesh Swallows Rs 5,000 Bribe Money After Spotting Cops

After a thorough probe, the Lokayukta Jabalpur team arrested Gajendra Singh while he was accepting a bribe at his private office in Bilhari.

Jabalpur: A government official at the revenue department in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni swallowed a huge amount of money he had taken as bribe, after he spotted a team of the Lokayukta’s Special Police Establishment (SPE) at his private office. The incident that was caught on camera, was reported on Monday, when patwari Gajendra Singh, received Rs 5,000 as a bribe in his private office, SPE Superintendent of Police Sanjay Sahu said.

How The Official Was Arrested?

Sanjay Sahu further added that a man from Barkheda village had complained that the government official was seeking a bribe. After he received the money, the patwari spotted the SPE team and swallowed the bribe money. “He was rushed to a hospital where doctors said he was fine,” Sahu said.

Why The Official Swalloed Bribe Money?

After a thorough probe, the Lokayukta Jabalpur team arrested Gajendra Singh while he was accepting a bribe at his private office in Bilhari. After his arrest, the official tried to swallow the bribe money, attempting to hide the evidence.

A case has been registered against the government official and further probe was underway, the SP said.

Notably, the action on the official was initiated after he demanded money from a man from Barkheda village for solving a property dispute.

Similar Cases In The Recent Past

However, this is not the first case when such an incident was reported. Earlier in a similar manner, two Delhi Police head constables were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly demanding bribe to allow e-rickshaw charging and parking in Delhi’s Mangolpuri area.

In this regard, the CBI earlier had received a complaint on July 10, lodged by an e-rickshaw charging shop operator located at LSC Market, K Block in Mangolpuri.

As per the complaint on July 7, Head Constable Bhim from the Mangolpuri police station threatened the complainant, trying to disrupt their business operations, confiscate e-rickshaws, and demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange for granting permission to park and charge e-rickshaws in front of the shop.

However, the CBI caught the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe and the whole incident was captured on CCTV footage from a camera installed outside the police station.

Last week, another such incident was reported in Jharkhand where a team of the Hazaribagh Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a government official while accepting a bribe in her first posting. Identified as Mithali Sharma, the government official was posted as an assistant registrar of the cooperative department in Jharkhand’s Koderma eight months ago.

The government official was arrested by the Hazaribagh ACB on July 7 after the video and photos of her accepting the bribe went viral on social media and sparked widespread criticism.

After her arrest, the ACB team took Mithali Sharma to Hazaribagh for further proceedings, while an investigation into the incident is underway.

Giving details about the arrest, an ACB officer stated that Sharma had conducted a surprise inspection at the Koderma Vyapar Sahyog Samiti and found some discrepancies there during the inspection. She also demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the authorities there for not taking action against them, the official said.

Rameshwar Prasad Yadav, a member of the organization, filed a complaint with the ACB DG after being asked to pay the bribe by the official .

Then the ACB team carried out an investigation into the allegations and confirmed that Mitali Sharma had demanded Rs 20,000 from the committee. Later, a case was registered, and a trap was set up.

As per the plan on July 7, the surveillance team arrested Sharma red-handed while she was accepting Rs 10,000 as the first installment of the demanded bribe.

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