An executive engineer and two contractors have been arrested in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, for alleged bribery, with the Anti-Corruption Bureau recovering a substantial amount of money.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested an engineer of the public works department and two contractors in Rajasthan's Bhilwara on bribery charges, officials said.
The ACB team has recovered Rs 4.04 lakh, which was allegedly being paid by the contractors to the engineer as a bribe, they said.
The arrested accused were Shahzad Mohammad, an executive engineer posted in Shahpura, and contractors Moduram Dhakad and Banwari Lal.
According to Director General of Police (ACB) Govind Gupta, the bureau received inputs on alleged corruption in the public works department.
A subsequent surveillance indicated that the accused engineer was collecting money from contractors instead of granting work.
On Tuesday, the bureau laid a trap at the Bhilwara collectorate office and caught the engineer and the contractors red-handed while exchanging the bribe. The engineer was allegedly accepting the money on behalf of himself and a senior officer, ACB officials said.
They said an ACB team is conducting raids at the residences and other premises linked to the accused.
A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, they added.