The CBI has arrested an official of Military Engineer Services (MES) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1.10 lakh to clear pending bills, officials said Thursday.   Â
Assistant Garrison Engineer (Contract) Narender Kumar Rai, who was posted in the Office of Garrision Engineer, MES in Rajasthan's Kota, was booked on a complaint that he had allegedly demanded 1.60 lakh for passing the pending bills and extension of earlier tenders.
The complainant, a contractor, had approached the CBI which laid down a trap after detailed verification of assertions made in the complaint, the officials said.
"The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red handed while demanding and accepting an amount of Rs 1.10 lakh as bribe/undue advantage form the complainant.
Searches were conducted at the office and residential premises of the accused at Kota and Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) which led to recovery of incriminating documents," a CBI spokesperson said.
-With PTI Input
