PWD clerk held for accepting Rs 3,100 bribe

An employee of the Public Works Department (PWD) at Pandharkawada in the district was today arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3,100, the ACB said today.
The accused, identified as Niranjan Parasram Chavan, had posted a senior clerk at the Pandharkawda office of PWD, had sought money from the complaint to clear his father's retirement dues, including pension, gratuity, group insurance benefits and leave encashment, Deputy SP of Yavatmal ACB, N S Tadvi, said.
The complainant's father was a former employee of the PWD.
The complainant had requested clearance of his father's dues. But the accused had purposefully delayed the payment of claims of the retired employees, police said.

When the complainant finally approached Chavan, the latter demanded Rs 4,000 from him. Accordingly, the complainant paid Rs 900 to him on June 13 and promised to pay the remaining Rs 3,100 today.
Meanwhile, he approached the ACB, which laid a trap in the office of the Executive Engineer, PWD of Pandharkawda and sent the complainant to the accused with a sum of Rs 3,100 as promised and was caught accepting the bribe.
The accused has been booked under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the ACB said.