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Chandigarh, March 4 :- Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has arrested a clerk working in the office of Food and Drug Administration Department for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5000.
Giving this information here today, a spokesperson of the Bureau said that the arrested government official identified as Manjeet posted as Clerk in Food and Drug Administration Department in Faridabad. As per the information, the accused had demanded bribe for issuing a food safety license to the complainant.
The complainant, who did not wish to pay the bribe, informed the vigilance which laid a trap and arrested the accused clerk red-handed accepting Rs 5000 in cash.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused in Faridabad. Further investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, the Bureau has secured the conviction of an accused in a corruption case registered in 2015. The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram convicted Puran Khanna, a private person, and sentenced him to four years in jail. The court also imposed Rs 50,000 fine on the convict.
