Friday, 20 September 2024 | Haldwani
In latest news from Uttarakhand, an assistant engineer working for PWD was caught red-handed while taking bribe of Rs 10,000 by the Vigilance sleuths in Haldwani. Vigilance sources said they had acted on the complaint lodged by a contractor who had alleged that the AE was demanding the bribe for clearing the payment of Rs three lakhs for the construction works he had done under a contract awarded to him.
Vigilance further said that after the AE was arrested, the sleuths had raided his residence and started a probe into other movable and immovable properties he owned.
