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Bank manager caught in MP's Ratlam for demanding bribe

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Press Trust of India Ratlam (MP)
A bank manager posted in Union Bank's Namli branch here was caught by Lokayukta police for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe in return for releasing the first installment of a loan.

Lokayukta Inspector Basant Shrivastava said that bank manager Mahendra Dehria had demanded Rs 25,000 from a person to release the first installment of a loan of Rs 4 lakh under the state's Animal Husbandry Scheme.

Acting on a complaint, the Lokayukta police laid a trap and caught Dehria and his associate Dilip Sharma when they accepted the bribe from the complainant, he said.

A case was registered under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said, adding that the two were released from the spot after they furnished a bond.

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First Published: Feb 17 2018 | 8:15 PM IST

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