HT Bureau
Guwahati, May 24: The general manager of the District Industries and Commerce Centre (DICC), Darrang Hemanta Kumar Talukder was arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Tuesday after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe.
According to official sources, a complaint was received at the directorate to the effect that Talukder had demanded Rs 15,000 as bribe from the complainant for sanctioning a loan under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) scheme.
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Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the directorate for taking necessary legal action against the public servant, an official statement said.
Accordingly, a team from the directorate laid a trap near the office of Talukder at Mangaldoi, following which the general manager was caught red handed accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant.
The bribe money was seized from Talukder in the presence of independent witnesses.
A case has been registered in Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) police station on Tuesday vide ACB P.S. case number – 12/2022 under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) against Talukder.
