2 Assam Officers Arrested For Corruption, Cash Worth Rs 2.32 Crore Seized
NDTV
A trap was laid and Mrinal Kanti Sarkar, the additional district program manager of Dhubri, was allegedly caught red-handed in the office of the CEO while accepting Rs 30,000 as part of the bribe demanded, it said.
Two government officers were arrested in a corruption case and Rs 2.32 crore in cash was seized from the residences of one of them in Assam's Dhubri district, a statement said on Saturday.
Among the two persons arrested in the operation on Friday was an Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer, it said.
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption received a complaint, alleging that Dhubri Zilla Parishad CEO Biswajit Goswami had demanded 9 per cent of the total bill amount for works completed as a bribe from a contractor, the statement said.
