Sleuths of Lokayukta Special Establishment Rewa caught a clerk of Tribal Department while taking bribe of Rs 5,000 in Singrauli. According to Rewa Lokayukta, the complainant, Shravan Tiwari (46), son of Mahesh Prasad Tiwari, a resident of Naudhiya Veeran village under Jiyawan police station in Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district had approached the Lokayukta office in Rewa on May 25, 2026. The accused has been identified as Munnalal Verma (61), son of Ansuiya Prasad Verma, a resident of Kothar village, post Bichharhata, Hanumana tehsil, Mauganj district. According to the complaint, Shravan Tiwari has been working as a peon in the Integrated Tribal Development Project, Deosar, since March 2, 2020.

 

He alleged that his annual salary increments from 2024 to 2026 had not been processed. When he approached Munnalal Verma, a clerk in the office of the Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Affairs Department, Singrauli, requesting approval of his pending increments and release of arrears, the accused allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 7,000. After receiving the complaint, SP, Lokayukta Rewa, Sunil Kumar Patidar, ordered a verification of the allegations. During verification, the bribery demand was found to be genuine. Following this, a trap team was constituted under the supervision of the SP. On Friday, the Lokayukta team caught accused Munnalal Verma, who was serving as Establishment In-Charge in the Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Affairs Department, Singrauli, red-handed while accepting a bribe amount of Rs 5,000 from the complainant. A case has been registered against the accused under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018).

 

Further legal proceedings are currently underway. The operation was led by Inspector SR Maravi and Inspector Sandeep Bhadauria of the Lokayukta office, Rewa. The trap action was carried out with the assistance of two independent government witnesses and a 12-member team.