HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, March 18: The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) apprehended an Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) employee red-handed while accepting a bribe in Assam’s Nagaon district, said an official statement on Monday.
As per the statement, the accused, identified as Nanda Hazarika, worked in the post of switch board operation at the office of APDCL sub-division 2.
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The accused employee was caught after he accepted a demanded bribe near his residence in Nagaon for processing an application for commercial meters.
“A complaint was received at this Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam, alleging that Nanda Hazarika, switch board operator-1, of office of the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL), Sub Division-2, in Nagaon district, had demanded Rs 19,000, from the complainant for processing application for commercial metre of the complainant. Later, the said public servant reduced the amount of bribe to Rs 3,500,” the statement added.
It further claimed that unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached this Directorate for taking necessary legal action against the above-mentioned public servant.
“Accordingly, a trap was laid on 18/03/2024 by a team from the DVAC in Nagaon town. Nanda Hazarika was caught red handed near his residence at Nagaon, immediately after he accepted Rs 3,500 as demanded bribe from the complainant,” it added.
The tainted bribe money has been recovered from his possession and has been seized accordingly, in presence of independent witnesses.
“In this connection, a case has been registered in ACB police station and necessary legal follow up action is underway,” it said.
