Two Officials Accepted Rs. 2.9 Lakh Bribe and the Entire Amount Was Paid in New Rs. 2000 Notes

Posted on 17 November 2016. Tags: 2000, accepted, amount, bribe, Entire, lakh, Notes, Officials, paid

As the government announced scrapping high denomination notes in move to root out black money, a case of bribery has come to light from Gujarat.

 

The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested two officials of the trust port for accepting a bribe of Rs 2.9 lakh, but what stunned the officials was that the whole amount was in Rs 2000 note — newly issued on November 11.

 

The arrested officials, Superintending Engineer P Srivivasu and Sub Divisional officer K Komtekar of the Kandla Port Trust, sought Rs 4.4 lakh in bribe to clear the bills of a private electrical firm.

 

A middleman of the two officials accepted a part of the bribe, which was a sum of Rs 2.5 lakh. But he was arrested after a trap was laid by the agency officials.
Daily Bhaskar