Labour Enforcement Officer arrested on graft charge

A Labour Enforcement Officer was today arrested by the vigilance department on graft charges from Bailey Road near a public school in the state capital, an official release said.
Acting on a complaint, a vigilance team headed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Md Ali Ansari laid a trap and caught the Labour Enforcement Officer Ajay Kumar Kumar red-handed as soon as he took a bribe of Rs 13,000 from the complainant Mahesh Kumar Singh, the release said.
The tainted official, posted at Naubatpur Block, had demanded the amount to dispose off a notice served on Singh for non-payment of wages to some labourers, it said.

Kumar was brought in for interrogation in connection with the corruption case lodged against him, the release said adding he would be produced before a designated vigilance court.