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Assam PWD Engineer Arrested for Taking Rs 30000 Bribe
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News18•06-10-2026, 21:30
Assam PWD Engineer Arrested for Taking Rs 30000 Bribe
- •An assistant executive engineer of the Public Works Department was arrested in Dibrugarh district on Tuesday.
- •The accused, Mridul Baglari, demanded Rs 1.3 lakh as a bribe for releasing payment for pending bills.
- •The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption laid a trap and caught him red-handed accepting an instalment of Rs 30,000.
- •The tainted money was recovered from his possession in the presence of independent witnesses.
- •A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act and further legal action is underway.
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The assistant executive engineer, Mridul Baglari, was arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 to release payment for pending bills.
The accused public servant had allegedly demanded a total of Rs 1.3 lakh as a bribe from the complainant in exchange for clearing the pending bills.
Following the recovery of the tainted bribe money from his possession, a case was registered against the official at the ACB police station under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
