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WBSRDA engineer arrested taking Rs 20000 bribe, Rs 1.32 crore found at home
- •A sub-assistant engineer of WBSRDA's Hooghly division was arrested red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 for refunding earnest money to a contractor.
- •Acting on a written complaint by the contractor, the state Anti-Corruption Branch laid a trap and caught the engineer at the Hooghly Zilla Parishad office in Chinsurah.
- •Subsequent searches at the accused's apartment revealed financial assets and investments amounting to approximately Rs 1.32 crore.
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The WBSRDA sub-assistant engineer was arrested red-handed by the state Anti-Corruption Branch for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from a contractor in exchange for processing the refund of earnest money deposited for a completed road construction project.
Following the arrest, the Anti-Corruption Branch searched the accused's apartment in Chinsurah and seized 73 documents related to financial assets and investments, which initially revealed properties and investments amounting to approximately ₹1.32 crore accumulated largely over the past five years.
The government road construction project work order was issued under a panchayat scheme in 2023, and the work was completed towards the end of 2025, after which the contractor applied to refund the security deposit.
