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.
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.
