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Assam: Engineer caught red handed after taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh

| | Oct 28, 2016, at 02:41 am
Guwahati, Oct 27 (IBNS): Assam police on Thursday arrested an engineer from Upper Assam's Dibrugarh district after they caught him red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh.

The arrested engineer was identified as Naba Kumar Patir and he is an assistant engineer of Town and Contry Planning department of Assam government posted at Dibrugarh town.

A top police official said that, the engineer took a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a dentist to appoint in the Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH).

“He was contacted me after I applied for a post in AMCH under Assam Public Service Commission and claimed that he would help me and demand bribe for it. He also said that, he has good contacts with APSC. Regarding the matter I contacted with police and police raided his house based on my complaint soon after I paid him Rs 10 lakh in cash at his house and caught him red handed,” the dentist said.

Police have registered a case against the engineer.

Meanwhile, Asomiya Yuba Mancha has demanded a high level inquiry against APSC after the engineer arrested by police.

“We have demanded high level inquiry against APSC in many occasions but the state government yet to take appropriate action,” Jitul Deka, Secretary General of Asomiya Yuba Mancha said.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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